5 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,look and take note!Search her squares to seeif you can find a man,one who does justiceand seeks truth,that I may pardon her.2 Though they say, “As the...  Read More

27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.28 “For this the earth shall mourn,and the heavens above be dark;for I have spoken; I have purposed;I h...  Read More

      22    “For my people are foolish;they know me not;                        they are stupid children;they have no understanding.                        They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!But how to do ...  Read More

19    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!Oh the walls of my heart!                        My heart is beating wildly;I cannot keep silent,                        for I hear the sound of the trum...  Read More

13          Behold, he comes up like clouds;his chariots like the whirlwind;                        his horses are swifter than eagles—woe to us, for we are ruined!            14          O Jerusalem,...  Read More

9 “In that day, declares the Lord, courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.” 10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, surely you have utterly deceive...  Read More

5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,                        “Blow the trumpet through the land;cry aloud and say,                        ‘Assemble, and let us gointo the fortified c...  Read More

4 “If you return, O Israel,declares the Lord,to me you should return.                        If you remove your detestable things from my presence,and do not waver,            2           and if you s...  Read More

24 “But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dis...  Read More

19 “‘I said,How I would set you among my sons,and give you a pleasant land,a heritage most beautiful of all nations.And I thought you would call me, My Father,and would not turn from following me.20 S...  Read More

15 “‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lo...  Read More

11 And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,“‘Return, faithless Israel,declares the...  Read More