but a gadfly from the north is coming against her. 9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. 26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. 11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay. 11For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,. May my petition come before you. 13This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying: Jeremiah is a male given name meaning "Yhwh will raise", or "God is high", and having its origin in ancient Hebrew. The Fall of Jerusalem(2 Kings 25:112; 2 Chronicles 36:1521). I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness. 26I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were bornand there you both will die. Encyclopedia Britannica. 16In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land, declares the LORD, they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. They are people who are selfless and very Your own sword has devoured your prophets. 59This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiahs reign. 15And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: 10For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. 11Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying, 5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; 1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. 2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. 11So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeansb and the Arameans. So we have remained in Jerusalem.. They know how to take control and can be confusing at times, but they know how to settle things. 13Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron., 14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will pour out their own evil upon them. 26then tell them, I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.. 52 and editing content throughout the book. 28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD., 24You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that 2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows: 3From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very daytwenty-three yearsthe word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again,a but you have not listened. 17Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege. They have wandered from mountain to hill; for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture. They have followed other gods to serve them. Look, the whole land is before you. But Jehovah says that He will help him. 2This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. 43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,. 28These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: 29in Nebuchadnezzars eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; 30in Nebuchadnezzars twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. 42For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them. 9And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, 11When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 24Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments. 5But the army of the Chaldeanse pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. 18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.. So I will stretch out My hand against you, 7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork. 9This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. You claim that the LORD says, Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. 33For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. 11Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the kings palace, to a place below the storehouse. 6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. 10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. Newcombe is a talented cornerback that thrives on both sides of the ball, but the Irish like him on defense. 11When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, 16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; You are my refuge in the day of disaster. 26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. 26, 810, 13, 2123, etc. 3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah. 2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, You are lying! In addition to his book of prophecy, he is also credited with writing the Books of Kings and Lamentations (perhaps written by his scribe, Baruch). Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion, declares the LORD. 30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, the Books of Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor. 2So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. 17And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt 8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. Those things are not for you. Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah. Four dunks. 22The wind will drive away all your shepherds. 27So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you? 9Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. 19this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me., 1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. My sleep had been most pleasant to me. Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it. 14And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. Jeremiah. 12You have observed correctly, said the LORD, for I am watchinga over My word to accomplish it., 13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, What do you see?, I see a boiling pot, I replied, and it is tilting toward us from the north.. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! 48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? [8] Islam also regards Jeremiah as a prophet and his narrative is recounted in Islamic tradition. the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, for my soul faints before the murderers!. Why then has the health of the daughter of my people. 45Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbons shadow. because I bore the disgrace of my youth., For the LORD has created a new thing in the land, 23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: When I restore them from captivity,f they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain. 2This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. 11Therefore this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. 4Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters: 5By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please. 28Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, Why are he and his descendants hurled out. Both 18-year-old Jeremiah Ruffin and 19-year-old Tracey Williams were in the car that was collided into and died. 4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. 40And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.. I would abandon my people and depart from them. 5This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.c 24And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks, 22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day. For this is the time of the LORDs vengeance; 7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD. 15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perishyou and the prophets who prophesy to you.. 19My anguish, my anguish! 3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: Why are you prophesying like this? 33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. 32And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.. 28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD. with other birds of preyb circling against her? 20Say to them, Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates. Was it at Jeremiahs dictation?, 18It was at his dictation, Baruch replied. 8So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. WebJeremiah: Created by J. Michael Straczynski. will come together, weeping as they come, They will come and join themselves to the LORD. 22As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me., 23Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: He will dwell in the parched places of the desert. 25In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your lifeto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.e 10The LORD has brought forth our vindication; 12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; For the LORD has both devised and accomplished. 13This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline and obey My words? declares the LORD. 20So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. 2. : person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. Do not omit a word. 8but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him. 7; 11; 16; 19; 21; 24-29; 32-45 ), including the appendix (ch. For the word of the LORD has become to me. 13And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people. 14Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt. Jeremiah is one of the most complex and sad figures in all human history. The LORD our God has not sent you to say, You must not go to Egypt to reside there. 10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains. for all the evil they have done in Zion,, 26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone, because you will become desolate forever,, 28Prepare the nations for battle against her. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.. Look now and take note; search her squares. The best person you could ever meet. 1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiaha son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon,b the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. He was called as a prophet in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Josiah. 16Then I said to the priests and to all this people, This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon. They are prophesying to you a lie. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.. WebJeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, a Levitical priest, was likely born between 650 and 645 B.C. 2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah. 19Then I said, How I long to make you My sons, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,. 6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: but I will surely turn you into a desert, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars, 8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?, 9Then people will reply, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods., 11For this is what the LORD says concerning Shalluma son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: He will never return, Now I also pronounce judgments against them.. 21Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: 1Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 29This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand. [11] This period spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. In 2009, he signed a record deal with Def Jam Recordings.Jeremih's commercial debut single, "Birthday Sex", peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chartleading his self-titled debut 3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon. 8Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Because you have not obeyed My words, 16Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officialsb he had brought back from Gibeon. 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