New Leaders over a Regathered Remnant 23:1 The LORD says, “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered. 23:2 So the LORD God of Israel has this to say
Good Figs and Bad Figs 24:1 The LORD showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon. 24:2 One basket had
Seventy Years of Servitude for Failure to Give Heed 25:1 In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.) 25:2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all
Jeremiah Is Put on Trial as a False Prophet 26:1 The LORD spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah. 26:2 The LORD said, “Go stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to
Jeremiah Counsels Submission to Babylon 27:1 The LORD spoke to Jeremiah early in the reign of Josiah’s son, King Zedekiah of Judah. 27:2 The LORD told me, “Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck. 27:3 Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,
Jeremiah Confronted by a False Prophet 28:1 The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the LORD’s
Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles 29:1 The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. 29:2 He sent it
Introduction to the Book of Consolation 30:1 The LORD spoke to Jeremiah. 30:2 “The LORD God of Israel says, ‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll. 30:3 For I, the LORD, affirm that the time will come when I will reverse the plight of my people, Israel and Judah,’ says the
31:1 At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the LORD, affirm it!” Israel Will Be Restored and Join Judah in Worship 31:2 The LORD says, “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find
Jeremiah Buys a Field 32:1 In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the LORD spoke to Jeremiah. That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 32:2 Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached