Jeremiah 26 Jeremiah Threatened with Death In the beginning of the reign ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from theLord:2"Thus says theLord:Stand in the court of theLord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of theLordall the words that I command you to speak to them;do not hold back a w...

Jeremiah 24 The Good Figs and the Bad Figs After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from JerusalemJeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together withthe officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, theLordshowed me this vision: behold,two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the...

Jeremiah 23 The Righteous Branch "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares theLord.2Therefore thus says theLord, the God of Israel, concerningthe shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them.Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds...

Jeremiah 21 Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar This is the word that came to Jeremiah from theLord, when King Zedekiah sent to himPashhur the son of Malchiah andZephaniah the priest, the son ofMaaseiah, saying,2"Inquire of theLordfor us,for Nebuchadnezzar[a]king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps theLordwill deal with us according toall his w...

Jeremiah 19 The Broken Flask Thus says theLord, "Go, buya potter's earthenwareflask, and take some ofthe elders of the people and some ofthe elders of the priests,2and go outto the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.3You shall say,'Hear the word of theLord,O kings of Judah and inhabi...

Resources Mobile Apps Reading Plans ESV Audio Player ESV CrossReference Tool ESV API Jeremiah 17 The Sin of Judah "The sin of Judah is written witha pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved onthe tablet of their heart, and onthe horns of their altars,2whiletheir children remember their altars and theirAsherim,beside every green tree and on the ...

Jeremiah 15 TheLordWill Not Relent Then theLordsaid to me,"ThoughMosesand Samuelstood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!2And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says theLord: "'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,and those who are for the sword,...

Jeremiah 13 The Ruined Loincloth Thus says theLordto me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth andput it around your waist, and do not dip it in water."2So I bought a loincloth according to the word of theLord, and put it around my waist.3And the word of theLordcame to me a second time,4"Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and ari...

Jeremiah 11 The Broken Covenant The word that came to Jeremiah from theLord:2"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.3You shall say to them, Thus says theLord, the God of Israel:Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant4that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of th...

Jeremiah 9 [a]Oh that my head were waters,and my eyes a fountain of tears,that I might weep day and nightfor the slain ofthe daughter of my people!2[b]Oh that I had in the deserta travelers' lodging place,that I might leave my peopleand go away from them!For they are alladulterers,a company oftreacherous men.3They bend their tongue like a bow;falsehood a...

Jeremiah 7 Evil in the Land The word that came to Jeremiah from theLord:2"Stand in the gate of theLord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of theLord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship theLord.3Thus says theLordof hosts, the God of Israel:Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.4...

Jeremiah 5 Jerusalem Refused to Repent 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.2Though they say, "As theLordlives,"yet they swear falsely.3OLord, do not your eyes look for truth?You have struck them down,but they felt no an...

Jeremiah 3 "If[a]a man divorces his wifeand she goes from himand becomes another man's wife,will he return to her?Would not that land be greatly polluted?You have played the whore with many lovers;and would you return to me?declares theLord.2Lift up your eyes tothe bare heights, and see!Where have you not been ravished?By the waysides you have sat awaiti...

Jeremiah 2 Israel Forsakes theLord The word of theLordcame to me, saying,2"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says theLord, "I remember the devotion ofyour youth,your loveas a bride,how you followed me in the wilderness,in a land not sown.3Israel was holy to theLord,the firstfruits of his harvest.All who ate of it incurred guilt;disaster...

Jeremiah 1 1The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, oneof the priests who were inAnathoth in the land of Benjamin,2to whom the word of theLordcame in the days ofJosiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, inthe thirteenth year of his reign.3It came also in the days ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, anduntil the end of the eleventh year ofZedekiah...

Isaiah 66 The Humble and Contrite in Spirit Thus says theLord:"Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool;what is the house that you would build for me,and what is the place of my rest?2All these things my hand has made,and so all these things came to be,declares theLord.But this is the one to whom I will look:he who is humble and contrite in spi...

Isaiah 65 Judgment and Salvation I was ready to be sought bythose who did not ask for me;I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.I said, "Here I am, here I am,"to a nation that was not called by[a]my name.2I spread out my hands all the dayto a rebellious people,who walk in a way that is not good,following their own devices;3a people who pro...

Isaiah 63 TheLord's Day of Vengeance Who is this who comes fromEdom,in crimsoned garments fromBozrah,he who is splendid in his apparel,marching in the greatness of his strength?"It is I, speaking in righteousness,mighty to save." 2Why is yourapparel red,and your garments like hiswho treads in the winepress? 3"I have trodden the winepress alone...

Isaiah 61 The Year of theLord's Favor The Spirit of the LordGodis upon me,because theLordhasanointed meto bring good news to the poor;[a]he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,andthe opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]2to proclaim the year of theLord's favor,and the day of vengeance of our God;to com...

Isaiah 60 The Future Glory of Israel Arise, shine, for your light has come,andthe glory of theLordhas risen upon you.2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,and thick darkness the peoples;but theLordwill arise upon you,and his glory will be seen upon you.3And nations shall come to your light,and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4Lift up ...

Isaiah 59 Evil and Oppression Behold,theLord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2but your iniquities have made a separationbetween you and your God,and your sins have hidden his face from youso that he does not hear.3For your hands are defiled with bloodand your fingers with iniquity;your lips have spoken l...

Isaiah 57 Israel's Futile Idolatry The righteous man perishes,and no one lays it to heart;devout men are taken away,while no one understands.For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;2he enters into peace;they restin their bedswho walk in their uprightness.3But you, draw near,sons of the sorceress,offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.4...