when they have done so many immoral things? These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. Don’t travel on the roads!The enemy’s sword is everywhere    and terrorizes us at every turn!26 Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap    and sit among the ashes.Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. 7 “I have abandoned my people, my special possession. Why has he been carried away as plunder?15 Strong lions have roared against him,    and the land has been destroyed.The towns are now in ruins,    and no one lives in them anymore.16 Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis[g] and Tahpanhes,    have destroyed Israel’s glory and power.17 And you have brought this upon yourselves    by rebelling against the Lord your God,    even though he was leading you on the way! They don’t want to listen at all.11 So now I am filled with the Lord’s fury. And now they are great and rich.28 They are fat and sleek,    and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.They refuse to provide justice to orphans    and deny the rights of the poor.29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord. “Is her King no longer there?”. My heart pounds within me! for he gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’. Lamentations 1:12 Parallel Commentaries. from Dan and the hill country of Ephraim. A great army coming from the north! raising a battle cry against the towns of Judah. It’s going to devastate your land!Your towns will lie in ruins,    with no one living in them anymore.8 So put on clothes of mourning    and weep with broken hearts,for the fierce anger of the Lord    is still upon us. Retail: $49.99. “Consider all this, and call for the mourners. 23 I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. on the peoples that do not call upon your name. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’. Library. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. These idols have no breath or power.15 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken! Geneva Study Bible. 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. Clarke's Commentary on the Bible. 16 This is what the Lord says:“Stop at the crossroads and look around. So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Jeremiah 1 New Living Translation (NLT) 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 31 They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. We won’t pay attention!’, 18 “Therefore, listen to this, all you nations. and has given us a cup of poison to drink, We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’. Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts.”. 2 The Lord gave me another message. But the sword is held at their throats!”, 11 The time is coming when the Lord will say    to the people of Jerusalem,“My dear people, a burning wind is blowing in from the desert,    and it’s not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain.12 It is a roaring blast sent by me! 14 Therefore, this is what the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies says: “Because the people are talking like this,    my messages will flame out of your mouth    and burn the people like kindling wood.15 O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,”    says the Lord.“It is a mighty nation,    an ancient nation,a people whose language you do not know,    whose speech you cannot understand.16 Their weapons are deadly;    their warriors are mighty.17 They will devour the food of your harvest;    they will devour your sons and daughters.They will devour your flocks and herds;    they will devour your grapes and figs.And they will destroy your fortified towns,    which you think are so safe. 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of ... 1:12 The Hebrew word for “watching” (shoqed) sounds like the word for “almond tree” (shaqed). Jeremiah 19:1-12 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. 7 A lion stalks from its den,    a destroyer of nations.It has left its lair and is headed your way. They plot and raise complaints against you. You will not miss those days or even remember them, and there will be no need to rebuild the Ark. and no one is left to help me rebuild it. They have rejected my word.20 There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba. The Lord’s Temple is here!” 5 But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice; 6 only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols. or I will make you look foolish in front of them. 5 “If racing against mere men makes you tired,    how will you race against horses?If you stumble and fall on open ground,    what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?6 Even your brothers, members of your own family,    have turned against you. and a prayer (v.). Surely I see all the evil going on there. and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Even the grass in the fields has withered.The wild animals and birds have disappeared    because of the evil in the land.For the people have said,    “The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”. 4 But don’t be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the Lord’s Temple is here. ; 1:3 Hebrew In the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. So now the land has been polluted. And they will destroy your fortified towns. “Because the people are talking like this. NLT: Jeremiah 1. I’m too young!”. Jeremiah 1 - nlt. The things they worship are made of wood! KJV (Narrated) NKJV (Narrated) NKJV (Dramatized) NLT (Dramatized) NIV (Narrated) NIV (Dramatized) NASB (Narrated) RVR60 (Español) Jeremiah Questions the L ORD ’s Justice. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, so why are you trying to come back to me?”, Is there any place you have not been defiled. 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all this, she will return to me.’ But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this. “Look high and low; search throughout the city! and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, “I will even bring charges against your children’s children. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure. “‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land. 8 “In that day,” says the Lord, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people of Jerusalem. You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer. ‘Father, you have been my guide since my youth. Jeremiah 19:1-12 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. 7 “And when I brought you into a fruitful land    to enjoy its bounty and goodness,you defiled my land and    corrupted the possession I had promised you.8 The priests did not ask,    ‘Where is the Lord?’Those who taught my word ignored me,    the rulers turned against me,and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal,    wasting their time on worthless idols.9 Therefore, I will bring my case against you,”    says the Lord.“I will even bring charges against your children’s children    in the years to come. Are they so wise after all?10 I will give their wives to others    and their farms to strangers.From the least to the greatest,    their lives are ruled by greed.Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. Jeremiah 1:12 Parallel. and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth. 2 The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. Let the tears flow from your eyes.19 Hear the people of Jerusalem[z] crying in despair,    ‘We are ruined! Jeremiah 1:12 . Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”, 21 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:    “I will put obstacles in my people’s path.Fathers and sons will both fall over them. Send for the women who mourn at funerals.18 Quick! And I will uproot Judah from among them. Judgment is one of the all-pervasive themes in Jeremiah's writings, though he was careful to point out that repentance, if sincere, would postpone the otherwise inevitable. Even the grass in the fields has withered. The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make. [v]” the people ask. 6 “Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin! They will be brought down when I punish them,”    says the Lord. They will be brought down when I punish them. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. The wild animals and birds have disappeared. BLB Searches. The land will lie in complete desolation. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”, 20 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”. This is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, have spoken!”. Jeremiah Among those who had hoped for a permanent spiritual revival as the result of the reformation under Josiah was Jeremiah, called of God to the prophetic office while still a youth, in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign. Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed. 13 Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! 14 “Why has Israel become a slave? Jeremiah 49:21 Or the Sea of Reeds Jeremiah 49:23 Hebrew on or by 10 “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines,    leaving a scattered few alive.Strip the branches from the vines,    for these people do not belong to the Lord.11 The people of Israel and Judah    are full of treachery against me,”    says the Lord.12 “They have lied about the Lord    and said, ‘He won’t bother us!No disasters will come upon us. and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness. Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean! 25 “A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit— 26 the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places,[aa] and yes, even the people of Judah. 5 This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me    that led them to stray so far from me?They worshiped worthless idols,    only to become worthless themselves.6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord    who brought us safely out of Egyptand led us through the barren wilderness—    a land of deserts and pits,a land of drought and death,    where no one lives or even travels?’. 19 My wound is severe,    and my grief is great.My sickness is incurable,    but I must bear it.20 My home is gone,    and no one is left to help me rebuild it.My children have been taken away,    and I will never see them again.21 The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They went backward instead of forward. They are coming to devour the land and everything in it—, “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols, and their worthless foreign gods?” says the. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes! but they themselves are surrounded by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken!’, 14 “Then the people will say,    ‘Why should we wait here to die?Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there. Scripture Formatting. For the Lord our God has decreed our destructionand has given us a cup of poison to drink    because we sinned against the Lord.15 We hoped for peace, but no peace came. 24 We have heard reports about the enemy,    and we wring our hands in fright.Pangs of anguish have gripped us,    like those of a woman in labor.25 Don’t go out to the fields! Verse. Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished,    for she is wicked through and through.7 She spouts evil like a fountain. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries. Go and look in any valley in the land!Face the awful sins you have done. who try to read their future in the stars. Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands! When will you stop panting after other gods? 27 “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. You have polluted the land with your prostitution. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’. * 1:2 The thirteenth year of Josiah’s reign was 627 b.c. Jeremiah 1-12 New Living Translation (NLT) 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. A member of the Levitical priesthood, Jeremiah … 17 “I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me    as a young bride long ago,how you loved me and followed me    even through the barren wilderness.3 In those days Israel was holy to the Lord,    the first of his children. 19 My heart, my heart—I writhe in pain! They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the Lord’s name.” 22 So this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says about them: “I will punish them! Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God! 19 I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. the groans of a woman giving birth to her first child. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. 34 I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. They, their kings, officials, priests, and prophets—. 14 Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them. even though he was leading you on the way! 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