9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: 11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, Jeremiah, what do you see?. 7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. 3The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?, 11Then you are to answer them: It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. 17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD., 1This is what the LORD said to me: Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.. 3Jeremiah, the LORD asked, what do you see?, Figs! I replied. So Jeremiah remained among his own people. 2If they ask you, Where shall we go? you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: those destined for the sword, to the sword;a, and those destined for captivity, to captivity.. and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. 18For this is what the LORD says: 21For the shepherds have become senseless; 22Listen! 2And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. No one will know it. They will shout to them: Terror is on every side!. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. for the LORD has rejected those you trust; Would not such a land be completely defiled? Do not omit a word. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 27I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.. 15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame. 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 album released 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [Jeremiah 43:113] There, the prophet probably spent the remainder of his life, still seeking in vain to turn the people back to God. Do not go after other gods to serve them. 7; 11; 16; 19; 21; 24-29; 32-45 ), including the appendix (ch. Jeremiah: Created by J. Michael Straczynski. 6O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. 7So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant? 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. 34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. 7So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. 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. 15Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: ungodliness has spread throughout the land.. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.. For what is straw compared to grain? declares the LORD. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you. 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. 9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. 26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after anotherall the kingdoms on the face of the earth. from the ends of the earth, and they will say. The best person you could ever meet. Jeremiah tells the Israelites to stop doing bad things. No doubt Jeremiah, who was only about 17 when God called him, had great inner turmoil over the fate of his people, and he begged them to listen. You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. 14The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. The great prophet Jeremiah lived during the most crucial period of Judah 's existence as a kingdom. ), 30Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, Is there a word from the LORD?, There is, Jeremiah replied. 6Take wives and have sons and daughters. 7This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaohs army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt. You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.. To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? 17Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people, Jeremiah is one of the most complex and sad figures in all human history. 1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the kings chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there. Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; 14Then I will enslave you to your enemies. But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials. 21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes. So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them. But you have played the harlot with many lovers. 1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: Why then has Milcoma taken possession of Gad? 12But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. 9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. It was through Jeremiahs childhood training for holy service in the priesthood that God began grooming him for his future role. 2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: boasting, I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.. 48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them. Buy it for yourself.. 4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. 12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. 3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. 31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the firesomething I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. there is nothing but oppression in her midst. Jeremiah accordingly went to Mizpah in Benjamin with Gedaliah, who had been made governor of Judea. [20], According to Jeremiah 1:23, the LORD called Jeremiah to prophecy in about 626BC,[15] about five years before Josiah king of Judah turned the nation toward repentance from idolatrous practices. 16this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on Davids throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile 22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; 2Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it? 33So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the kings table for the rest of his life. 41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. They can be really good boyfriends and can mess up at times, but they finally win their partner's heart with their adorable antics. 39therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers. 14and if you say, No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the rams horn or hunger for bread, 18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will punish the king of Babylon and his land. 16And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. WebJeremiah. 27Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. 12Their houses will be turned over to others. 15Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.. 24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. 13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. Jeremiah is one of the oldest survivors of a deadly virus that wiped out the adult population, sparing 14Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. 25then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. Carroll).[40][41]. 9Why are You like a man taken by surprise. 19The Portion of Jacob is not like these. but you keep doing all the evil you can.. 17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, I will restore the fortunes ofb Jacobs tents. 8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand. 22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.7 a Literally I earnestly warned them, rising up early and warning (them),20 b Hebrew the kidneys. "[43] The prophet Ezekiel was a son of Jeremiah according to rabbinic literature. 13For My people have committed two evils: his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant. 8and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest. and their congregation will be established before Me; and their ruler will arise from their midst. It may not have been the best basketball game of Jeremiah Charles career, but it might have been the most important game of his life. 20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. [7], Jeremiah is an important figure in both Judaism and Christianity. They come to devour the land and everything in it. 6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth., 7Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD, 12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzars reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. Jeremiah (c. 650-570 BCE) was a major prophet of Israel in the Hebrew Bible. declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God. 2If only I had a travelers lodge in the wilderness. 3For a nation from the north will come against her; the children of Israel and the children of Judah. because she has rebelled against Me, declares the LORD. 37The peaceful meadows have been silenced, for their land has been made a desolation. However, Jeremiah thinks he is too young to be a prophet. He was from the small village of Anathoth, about three miles northeast of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin (Jeremiah 1:1). Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, 10Therefore I will give their wives to other men. 27The days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. and he will be unable to conceal himself. 12This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. and your daughters have gone into captivity. 22They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again, declares the LORD. 2This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeansb will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live. 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