Old Testament
Jeremiah
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Chapters
Chapter I
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 2 Yahweh’s …
Chapter II
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I remember for y…
Chapter III
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her aga…
Chapter IV
1 “If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out o…
Chapter V
1 “Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can f…
Chapter VI
1 “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a s…
Chapter VII
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “Stand in the gate of Yahweh’s house, and proclaim this word the…
Chapter VIII
1 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of …
Chapter IX
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daugh…
Chapter X
1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel! 2 Yahweh says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don…
Chapter XI
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah,…
Chapter XII
1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the…
Chapter XIII
1 Yahweh said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.” 2 So I bo…
Chapter XIV
1 This is Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 “Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit …
Chapter XV
1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast …
Chapter XVI
1 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this…
Chapter XVII
1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of thei…
Chapter XVIII
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cau…
Chapter XIX
1 Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elde…
Chapter XX
1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these th…
Chapter XXI
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephania…
Chapter XXII
1 Yahweh said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there: 2 ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Jud…
Chapter XXIII
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh. 2 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Is…
Chapter XXIV
1 Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylo…
Chapter XXV
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, …
Chapter XXVI
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh: 2 “Yahweh say…
Chapter XXVII
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, s…
Chapter XXVIII
1 That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hanan…
Chapter XXIX
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of th…
Chapter XXX
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I ha…
Chapter XXXI
1 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” 2 Yahweh s…
Chapter XXXII
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteen…
Chapter XXXIII
1 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard, sayin…
Chapter XXXIV
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with all his army, all the kingdoms …
Chapter XXXV
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 “Go t…
Chapter XXXVI
1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “T…
Chapter XXXVII
1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon…
Chapter XXXVIII
1 Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchija…
Chapter XXXIX
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came …
Chapter XL
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, whe…
Chapter XLI
1 Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chi…
Chapter XLII
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the peop…
Chapter XLIII
1 When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God h…
Chapter XLIV
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tah…
Chapter XLV
1 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mo…
Chapter XLVI
1 Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. 2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Ne…
Chapter XLVII
1 Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza. 2 Yahweh says:…
Chapter XLVIII
1 Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It…
Chapter XLIX
1 Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his …
Chapter L
1 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 “Decla…
Chapter LI
1 Yahweh says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. 2 I…
Chapter LII
1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was …
