Archives for August 2021

Lamentations 3 Great Is Your Faithfulness I am the man who has seen afflictionunder therod of his wrath;2he has driven and brought meinto darkness without any light;3surely against me he turns his handagain and again the whole day long. 4He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;he has broken my bones;5he has besieged and enveloped mewithbitterne...

Lamentations 2 The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity How the Lord in his angerhas set the daughter of Zionunder a cloud!He has cast down from heaven to earththe splendor of Israel;he has not rememberedhis footstoolin the day of his anger. 2The Lordhas swallowed upwithout mercyall the habitations of Jacob;in his wrathhe has broken downthe strongholds ...

Lamentations 1 How Lonely Sits the City 1How lonely sits the citythat was full of people!How likea widow has she become,she who was great among the nations!She who wasa princess among the provinceshas becomea slave. 2She weeps bitterly in the night,with tears on her cheeks;among all her loversshe hasnone to comfort her;all her friends have dealt tr...

Jeremiah 52 The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.2And he did what was evil in the sight of theLord,according to all that Jehoiakim had done.3For because of the anger of theLordit came to the point in ...

Jeremiah 51 The Utter Destruction of Babylon Thus says theLord:"Behold, I will stir upthe spirit of a destroyeragainst Babylon,against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,a]"[a]2and I will send to Babylon winnowers,andthey shall winnow her,and they shall empty her land,when they come against her from every sideon the day of trouble.3Let not the archer bend his...

Jeremiah 50 Judgment on Babylon The word that theLordspoke concerningBabylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans,by Jeremiah the prophet: 2"Declare among the nations and proclaim,set up a banner and proclaim,conceal it not, and say:'Babylon is taken,Bel is put to shame,Merodach is dismayed.Her images are put to shame,her idols are dismayed.' 3"For...

Jeremiah 49 Judgment on Ammon Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says theLord: "Has Israel no sons?Has he no heir?Why then hasMilcoma]"[a]dispossessed Gad,and his people settled in its cities?2Therefore, behold, the days are coming,declares theLord,when I will causethe battle cry to be heardagainstRabbah of the Ammonites;it shall become a desolatemound,an...

Jeremiah 47 Judgment on the Philistines The word of theLordthat came to Jeremiah the prophetconcerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck downGaza. 2"Thus says theLord:Behold, waters are risingout of the north,and shall become an overflowing torrent;they shall overflowthe land and all that fills it,the city and those who dwell in it.Men shall cry o...

Jeremiah 47 Judgment on the Philistines The word of theLordthat came to Jeremiah the prophetconcerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck downGaza. 2"Thus says theLord:Behold, waters are risingout of the north,and shall become an overflowing torrent;they shall overflowthe land and all that fills it,the city and those who dwell in it.Men shall cry o...

Jeremiah 45 Message to Baruch The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke toBaruch the son of Neriah,when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah,in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:2"Thus says theLord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:3You said,'Woe is me! For theLordhas added sorrow to my pain.I am weary ...

Jeremiah 44 Judgment for Idolatry The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, atMigdol, atTahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land ofPathros,2"Thus says theLordof hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this daythey are a de...

Jeremiah 42 Warning Against Going to Egypt Thenall the commanders of the forces, andJohanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son ofHoshaiah, and all the peoplefrom the least to the greatest, came near2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Letour plea for mercy come before you, andpray to theLordyour God for us, for allthis remnantbecause we are left with b...

Jeremiah 40 Jeremiah Remains in Judah The word that came to Jeremiah from theLordafter Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go fromRamah, when he took himbound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.2The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him,"TheLordyour God pronounced this di...

Jeremiah 39 The Fall of Jerusalem In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.3Then allthe officials of the king of Babylon cameand ...

Jeremiah 37 Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah Zedekiah the son of Josiah,whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead ofConiah the son of Jehoiakim.2But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of theLordthat he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. 3King Zedekiah sentJehucal the son ofShelem...

Jeremiah 35 The Obedience of the Rechabites The word that came to Jeremiah from theLordin the days ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:2"Go to the house of theRechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of theLord, into one ofthe chambers; then offer them wine to drink."3So I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah a...

Jeremiah 34 Zedekiah to Die in Babylon The word that came to Jeremiah from theLord, whenNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his armyand all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:2"Thus says theLord, the God of Israel: Go and speak toZedekiah king of Judah and say to him, '...

Jeremiah 33 TheLordPromises Peace The word of theLordcame to Jeremiah a second time, while he was stillshut up in the court of the guard:2"Thus saystheLordwho made the earth,[a]theLordwho formed it to establish ittheLordis his name:3Call to me and I will answer you,and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.4For thus says theLord, t...

Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege The word that came to Jeremiah from theLordin the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophetwas shut up inthe court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of J...

Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege The word that came to Jeremiah from theLordin the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophetwas shut up inthe court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of J...

Jeremiah 31 TheLordWill Turn Mourning to Joy "At that time, declares theLord,I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people." 2Thus says theLord:"The people who survived the swordfound grace in the wilderness;when Israel sought for rest,3theLordappeared to him[a]from far away.I have loved you with an everlasting love;therefor...

Jeremiah 30 Restoration for Israel and Judah The word that came to Jeremiah from theLord:2"Thus says theLord, the God of Israel:Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.3For behold, days are coming, declares theLord,when I will restorethe fortunes of my people,Israel and Judah, says theLord,and I will bring them back to the land that I gave...

Jeremiah 29 Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem tothe surviving elders of the exiles, and tothe priests,the prophets, andall the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.2This was afterKing Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials...

Jeremiah 29 Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem tothe surviving elders of the exiles, and tothe priests,the prophets, andall the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.2This was afterKing Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials...

Jeremiah 27 The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah[a]the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from theLord.2Thus theLordsaid to me:"Make yourself straps andyoke-bars, and put them on your neck.3Send word[b]to the king ofEdom, the king ofMoab, the king of the sons ofAmmon, the king ofTyre, and the king of S...