25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. 1This is what the LORD says: Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there, [Jeremiah 43:113] There, the prophet probably spent the remainder of his life, still seeking in vain to turn the people back to God. 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Nebraskas tight ends coach Bob Wager served as the head coach at Martin from 2006 to 2022. The best person you could ever meet. 6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. but what will you do in the end?13 a Literally let this befall them. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.. 22For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, 5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. 3Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do., 4I have heard you, replied Jeremiah the prophet. 7Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. See the extensive analysis in Albertz 2003, pp. [12], Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, a priest from the land of Benjamin in the village of Anathoth. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach. 34This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. 21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. For around forty years, Jeremiah spoke for God to the people of Judah. 17And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died. It was through Jeremiahs childhood training for holy service in the priesthood that God began grooming him for his future role. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins. 2So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah. 15Does it make you a king to excelb in cedar? 9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, The Chaldeans will go away for good, for they will not! 14Then the LORD said to me, Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it. May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. 13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set upthe altars to burn incense to Baalare as many as the streets of Jerusalem.. 3at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions. 14As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right. in the land of the north by the River Euphrates. though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. 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. Multiply there; do not decrease. You claim that the LORD says, Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah, he said. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 8So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. 9So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. for they do not know the way of the LORD, But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke. 20Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah: the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea. 15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? I will no longer look on you with anger. Why have his people settled in their cities? WebJeremiah Warns Zedekiah. 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. 2Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.. Moreover, some hadiths and tafsirs narrate that the Parable of the Hamlet in Ruins is about Jeremiah. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, You have indeed become like a mirage to me. 18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt, What will you gain on your way to Assyria, Israels Unfaithfulness(Judges 2:1015; Isaiah 43:2228). He resembles the northern prophet Hosea in his use of language and examples of God's relationship to Israel. [56], He was first added to Bede's Martyrology.[57]. [30][31], In his early years of being a prophet, Jeremiah was primarily a preaching prophet,[32] preaching throughout Israel. 9So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.b 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. Their life will be like a well-watered garden. 15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.. Four dunks. I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!. As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth. 7So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. 3Perhaps they will listen and turneach from his evil way of lifeso that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds. 2 as the oldest, dating shortly after the Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) and ch. the animals and birds have been swept away. from the ends of the earth, and they will say. Do not be arrogant. You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.. For among all the wise men of the nations. 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. In addition to proclaiming many prophecies, the Book of Jeremiah goes into detail regarding the prophet's private life, his experiences, and his imprisonment. 9In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaohs palace at Tahpanhes. for all the evil they have done in Zion,, 26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone, because you will become desolate forever,, 28Prepare the nations for battle against her. 8Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: 5But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right. Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him. 8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. 52 ), most sections are predominantly poetic in form. 22Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him. [Jeremiah 11:2123] Unhappy with Jeremiah's message, possibly from concern that it would shut down the Anathoth sanctuary, his priestly kin and the men of Anathoth conspired to kill him. they would have proclaimed My words to My people, 23Am I only a God nearby, declares the LORD, and not a God far away?. Jehoiachin Released from Prison(2 Kings 25:2730). 13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing. the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.. 31Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, I will scatter to the wind in every direction, 33Hazor will become a haunt for jackals,h. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years after the death of Isaiah, and exercised it for about forty years with great faithfulness, till the sins of the Jewish nation came to their full measure and destruction followed. 10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid. 17Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people, You said to Zephaniah:e, 26The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophetyou must put him in stocks and neck irons. They know how to take control and can be confusing at times, but they know how to settle things. 3Therefore the showers have been withheld. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. Jeremiah[a] (c.650 c.570 BC),[3] also called Jeremias[4] or the "weeping prophet",[5] was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. Encyclopedia Britannica. 9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent., 10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. 2The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. 13This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying: 9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. Ochistiv dukhom, veliky proroche i mucheniche,/ tvoe svetozarnoe serdtse,/ slavne Ieremie,/ prorochestviya dar svyshe priyal yesi/ i vozopil yesi veleglasno vo stranakh:/ se Bog nash, i ne prilozhitsa in k Nemu,// Izhe, voploshchsya, na zemli yavilsya yest. 1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD: However, Jeremiah thinks he is too young to be a prophet. Newcombe is a talented cornerback that thrives on both sides of the ball, but the Irish like him on defense. 11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. 6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.a The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them. 24The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.. 12I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives.b So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed. 11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potters jar that can never again be repaired. 3So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sonsthe entire house of the Rechabites 13And the LORD answered, It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. 28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? 52 and editing content throughout the book. because I bore the disgrace of my youth., For the LORD has created a new thing in the land, 23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: When I restore them from captivity,f they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.. 10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, 11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah. His message becomes a fire burning in my heart. along with her governors, officials, and warriors. 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. 7; 11; 16; 19; 21; 24-29; 32-45 ), including the appendix (ch. 9Should I not punish them for these things?. Jeremiah 's Background. 1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; 5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn. 8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn.b All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. 18For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. But Jehovah says that He will help him. 20Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. 9Why are You like a man taken by surprise. 19The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf, 22All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: 23All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. 6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land. WebJeremiah 29:4-8. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there, 12They have lied about the LORD and said: He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; So let their own predictions befall them.a. ah jer--m-. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; My Father, You are my friend from youth. The intent seemed to be to kill Jeremiah by starvation, while allowing the officials to claim to be innocent of his blood. 2This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. In many respects he represents the quintessential Jew, because he carried with him the terrible tragedy of his people and yet is the author of some of the greatest and most beautiful lines of hope ever written. 22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will punish them. that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. what He spoke against the people of Babylon. 32Indeed, declares the LORD, I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. In Jewish rabbinic literature, especially the aggadah, Jeremiah and Moses are often mentioned together,[42] their life and works being presented in parallel lines. 1This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 20The harvest has passed, the summer has ended. 37A sword is against her horses and chariots. 1While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time: 6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. Four dunks. I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. 24Have you not noticed what these people are saying: The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen? What is our guilt? when You suddenly bring raiders against them. 13I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, Jeremiah (c. 650-570 BCE) was a major prophet of Israel in the Hebrew Bible. 26then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All who seek her need not weary themselves; 25You should have kept your feet from going bare. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name. 4So in the ninth year of Zedekiahs reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. so that my mother might have been my grave, 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. 6", "Commemorations - Church Year - The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod", "Jeremiah 39:3 and History: A New Find Clarifies a Mess of a Text Ancient Hebrew Poetry", "Archaeology News Report: Seals of Jeremiah's Captors Discovered! 1. : a major Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries b.c. 22As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me., 23Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: Live in the seventh month of that very year, the king sitting... 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