19 Therefore thus says the Lord:“If you return, I will restore you,and you shall stand before me.If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,you shall be as my mouth.They shall turn to yo...  Read More

15  O Lord, you know;remember me and visit me,tand take vengeance for me on my persecutors.In your forbearance take me not away;know that for your sake I bear reproach.16 Your words were found, and I ...  Read More

10 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11 The Lord said, “Have I not set you free ...  Read More

5 “Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,or who will grieve for you?Who will turn asideto ask about your welfare?6 You have rejected me, declares the Lord;you keep going backward,so I have stretched ...  Read More

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...  Read More

19          Have you utterly rejected Judah?Does your soul loathe Zion?                        Why have you struck us downso that there is no healing for us?                        We looked for peace...  Read More

17          “You shall say to them this word:                        ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,and let them not cease,                        for the virgin daughter of my people ...  Read More

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” 14 And the Lord said to me:...  Read More

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