Jeremiah (GOD'S WORD)









































Jeremiah 2:9-13 (GOD'S WORD)

9     “That is why I am bringing charges against you,” declares the LORD,
        “and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.
10     Go over to the coasts of Cyprus, and see.
        Send {someone} to Kedar, and observe closely.
            See if there has ever been anything like this.
11     Has any nation ever exchanged gods?
            (Their gods aren’t really gods.)
        Yet, my people have exchanged their Glory
            for something that doesn’t help them.
12     Be horrified over this, heaven.
        Be terribly afraid,” declares the LORD.
13     “My people have done two things wrong.
            They have abandoned me,
                the fountain of life-giving water.
            They have also dug their own cisterns,
                broken cisterns that can’t hold water.





















Jeremiah 3:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)

1     A saying:

            If a man divorces his wife
                and she leaves him and marries another man,
                    her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again.
                        The land would become thoroughly polluted.
        “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers.
            And now you want to come back to me!” declares the LORD.

2     “Look at the bare hills, and see.
            You have had sex with men in every place.
            You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert.
            You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
3     So the rain has been withheld, and there have been no spring showers.
      Yet, you have the shameless look of a prostitute,
            and you refuse to blush.
4     But now you are calling to me.
            You say, ‘Father! You have been my companion
                ever since I was young.
5                   He won’t hold a grudge forever.
                    He won’t always be angry.’
      You have said and done all the evil things that you could.”















































Jeremiah 4:5-9 (GOD'S WORD)

5     Report this message in Judah.
      Make it heard in Jerusalem.
      Say, “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land.”
            Shout loudly and say, “Gather together!
                 Let’s go into the fortified cities.”
6     Raise the flag to signal people to go to Zion.
            Take cover!
                Don’t just stand there!
      I’m bringing disaster and widespread destruction from the north.
7     A lion has come out of its lair.
      A destroyer of nations has set out.
            He has left his place to destroy your land.
                    Your cities will be ruined, and no one will live in them.
8     So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry
            because the LORD’s burning anger hasn’t turned away from us.

9     “When that day comes,” declares the LORD,
            “the king and the leaders will lose their courage.
            The priests will be stunned.
            The prophets will be amazed and astonished.”









































Jeremiah 4:10-13 (GOD'S WORD)

10     I said, “Almighty LORD,
            you certainly have deceived these people and Jerusalem.
                You said that everything would go well for them,
                    but a sword is held at their throats.”
11     At that time it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem:
            “A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert
                on the tracks of my people.
                    It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses.
12                    It will be a stronger wind than that.
                            It will come from me.
            Now, I will pass sentence on them.”
13     The enemy comes up like clouds.
            His chariots are like a raging wind.
            His horses are faster than eagles.
        How horrible it will be for us! We will be destroyed!















































Jeremiah 4:27-31 (GOD'S WORD)

     27 This is what the Lord says:

          The whole earth will be ruined,
                although I will not destroy it completely.
    28   The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black.
                I have spoken, and I have planned it.
                   I won't change my plans, and I won't turn back.

    29   All the people in the city will flee
                at the sound of riders and archers.
                      They will go off into the thickets
                            and climb among the rocks.
          The entire city will be abandoned, and no one will live in it.

    30   You are going to be destroyed!
                What are you going to do?
                      Why do you dress in red and put on gold jewelry?
                      Why do you wear eye shadow?
                            You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.
                                  Your lovers reject you; they want to kill you.

    31   I hear a woman in labor.
          I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child.
                My people Zion are gasping for breath.
                      They are stretching out their hands, saying,
                            "How horrible it is for us!
                            We're defenseless in the presence of murderers!"










































Jeremiah 5:14-17 (GOD'S WORD)

     14 This is what the LORD God of Armies says:

            Because you’ve talked like this,
                I’m going to put my words in your mouth like a fire.
                    These people will be like wood.
                        My words will burn them up.
    15     Nation of Israel, I’m going to bring a nation from far away
                to attack you, declares the LORD.
                    It is a nation that has lasted a long time.
                    It is an ancient nation.
                        You don’t know the language of this nation.
                        You can’t understand what its people say.
    16             Their arrow quivers are like open graves.
                    They are all mighty warriors.
    17                 They will devour your harvest and your food.
                        They will devour your sons and your daughters.
                        They will devour your flocks and your cattle.
                        They will devour your grapevines and your fig trees.
                            With their swords they will destroy
                                the fortified cities you trust.









































Jeremiah 5:18-31 (GOD'S WORD)

     18     Yet, even in those days, declares the LORD,
I won’t destroy all of you.

    19They will ask, “Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?” Answer them, “You have abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land. So you will serve foreigners in a land that isn’t yours.”

    20     “Tell this to the descendants of Jacob, and make this heard in Judah:
    21     Hear this, you stupid and senseless people!
                You have eyes, but you cannot see.
                You have ears, but you cannot hear.
    22             Don’t you fear me?” asks the LORD.
                    “Don’t you tremble in my presence?
                        I made the sand a boundary for the sea,
                            a permanent barrier that it cannot cross.
                                Although the waves toss continuously,
                                    they can’t break through.
                                Although they roar, they can’t cross it.
    23     But these people are stubborn and rebellious.
                They have turned aside and wandered away from me.
    24         They don’t say to themselves,
                    ‘We should fear the LORD our God.
                        He sends rain at the right time,
                            the autumn rain and the spring rain.
                        He makes sure that we have harvest seasons.’
    25     Your wickedness has turned these things away.
            Your sins have kept good things away from you.
    26     “Wicked people are found among my people.
                They lie in ambush like bird catchers.
                They set traps and catch people.
    27     Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit.
           That is why they become powerful and rich.
    28     They grow big and fat.
            Their evil deeds have no limits.
            They have no respect for the rights of others.
            They have no respect for the rights of orphans.
                But they still prosper.
            They don’t defend the rights of the poor.
    29     I will punish them for these things,” declares the LORD.
            “I will punish this nation.

    30     “Something horrible and disgusting is happening in the land:
    31         Prophets prophesy lies.
                Priests rule under the prophets’ directions,
                    and my people love this.
            But what will you do in the end?”








































Jeremiah 6:22-26 (GOD'S WORD)

     22     This is what the LORD says:
            An army is going to come from the north.
            A great nation is preparing itself in the distant parts of the earth.
    23          Its people take hold of bows and spears.
                They are cruel and have no compassion.
                They sound like the roaring sea.
                They ride on horses.
                They march like soldiers ready for battle
                        against my people Zion.
    24     We have heard the news about them.
                Our hands hang limp.
           We are gripped by anguish and pain
                like a woman giving birth to a child.
    25     Don’t go into the field or walk on the road.
                The enemy has a sword.
                    Terror is all around.
    26     Wear sackcloth, and roll around in ashes, my people.
                Mourn as if you have lost your only child, and cry bitterly.
            The destroyer will suddenly attack us.









































Jeremiah 9:12-16 (GOD'S WORD)

     12     No one is wise enough to understand this.
           To whom has the LORD revealed this
                so that they can explain it?
           The land dies; it has been ruined like the desert
                so that no one can travel through it.

    13The LORD answered,

            “They’ve abandoned my teachings that I placed in front of them.
            They didn’t obey me, and they didn’t follow them.
    14     They followed their own stubborn ways and other gods—the Baals,
                as their ancestors taught them.”
   
    15This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

            I am going to feed these people bitterness
                and give them poison to drink.
    16     I will scatter them among nations
                that they and their ancestors haven’t heard of.
           I will send armies after them until I’ve wiped them out.












































Jeremiah 10:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)

     1Listen to the message that the LORD has spoken to you, nation of Israel. 2This is what the LORD says:
Don’t learn the practices of the nations.
Don’t be frightened by the signs in the sky
because the nations are frightened by them.
    3 The religion of the people is worthless. Woodcutters cut down trees from the forest. The hands of craftsmen prepare them with axes.
    4 Craftsmen decorate them with silver and gold and fasten them btogethern with hammers and nails so that they won’t fall over.
    5 These trees are like scarecrows in cucumber gardens.
    They aren’t able to speak.
    They have to be carried, because they can’t walk.
Don’t be afraid of them.
    They can’t harm you.
    They can’t do you any good either.












































Jeremiah 10:6-10 (GOD'S WORD)

     6  No one is like you, O LORD.
            You are great.
            Your name is powerful.
    7      Everyone fears you, O King of the Nations.
                This is what you deserve.
       No one is like you among all the wise people in the nations
           or in all their kingdoms.
     8 They are complete idiots.
      They learn nonsense from wooden idols. the LORD is the only God.
    9     Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz.
            Craftsmen and goldsmiths shape these metals.
            The clothing for the idols is blue and purple,
                all made by skilled workers.
    10     But the LORD is the only God.
            He is the living God and eternal king.
            The earth trembles when he is angry.
            The nations can’t endure his fury.









































Jeremiah 11:18-19 (GOD'S WORD)

     18The Lord revealed their plot to me so that I would understand. He showed me what they were doing. 19I was like a trusting lamb brought to the slaughter. I didn't know that they were plotting against me. They were saying, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's cut Jeremiah off from this world of the living so that we won't be reminded of him anymore."



































Jeremiah 13:1-27 (GOD'S WORD)

  1This is what the LORD said to me: “Buy a linen belt. Put it around your waist. Don’t let it get wet.” 2So I bought the belt, as the LORD had told me, and put it around my waist.
    3The LORD spoke his word to me again. He said, 4“Take the belt that you bought, the one you’re wearing. Go to the Euphrates River, and bury it there
in a crack in the rocks.” 5So I went and buried it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had told me.
    6After many days the LORD said to me, “Go to the Euphrates, and get the
belt from where I told you to bury it.”7SoI went back to the Euphrates and dug it up. I got the belt from where I had buried it. Now the belt was ruined. It was good for nothing.
    8Then the LORD spoke his word to me. He said, 9“This is what the LORD says: This is how I will destroy Judah’s arrogance and Jerusalem’s extreme arrogance. 10These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They go their own stubborn ways and follow other gods in order to serve them and worship them. They are like this good-for-nothing belt. 11As a belt clings to a person’s waist, so I have made the entire nation of Israel and the entire nation of Judah cling to me,” declares the LORD. “I did this so that they would be my people and bring fame, praise, and honor to me. However, they wouldn’t listen.12"Give this message to them, `This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Every bottle will be filled with wine.' Then they will say to you, `We know that every bottle will be filled with wine.' 13Say to them, `This is what the LORD says: I'm going to make everyone who lives in this land drunk. The kings who sit on David's  throne, the priests, the prophets, and all those who live in Jerusalem will become drunk. 14Then I will smash them like bottles against each other. I will smash parents and children together, declares the LORD. I will have no pity, mercy, or compassion when I destroy them.'"   
    15 Listen, and pay attention! Don’t be arrogant. The LORD has spoken.
    16 Honor the LORD your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light,
but the LORD will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.
    17 If you won’t listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because the LORD’s flock will be taken captive.
    18 Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads.”
    19 The cities in the Negev will be locked up, and there will be no one to reopen them. All the people of Judah will be taken away into captivity. 20    Look up, and see those who are coming from the north.
 Where is the flock that was given to you—your beautiful sheep?
  21   What will you say  when God makes the people you thought were your friends your new masters?
 Won’t pain grip you like a woman in labor?
  22   If you ask yourself,
            “Why do these things happen to me?”
                it’s because you have so many sins.
                    Your clothes have been torn off
                        and your limbs are bare.
  23   Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin
         or leopards change their spots?
        Can you do good
            when you’re taught to do wrong?

  24  “I will scatter you like straw that is blown away by a desert wind.
  25  This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you,”
            declares the LORD.
                “You have forgotten me and trusted false gods.
  26   I will also tear off your clothes,
            and your shame will be seen.
  27   I have seen you commit adultery and squeal with delight.
       I have seen you act like a shameless prostitute
            on the hills and in the fields.
       How horrible it will be for you, Jerusalem!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






























      
 

Jeremiah 14:1-9 (GOD'S WORD)

     1 The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about the drought.

    2   Judah mourns; its gates fall apart.
          The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground.
                Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.
    3   Important people send their assistants out for water.
             They go to the cisterns, but they don't find any water.
             They come back with their containers empty.
             They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and disgraced.
    4   The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land.
             The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.
    5   Even deer in the fields give birth and abandon their young
             because there's no grass.
    6   Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills.
             They sniff the air like jackals.
                   Their eyesight fails because they have no green plants.

    7   Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name,
             even though our sins testify against us.
                   We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.
    8   You are Israel's hope,
             the one who saves it in times of trouble.
          Why should you be like a stranger in the land,
             like a traveler who stays only one night?
    9   Why should you be like someone taken by surprise,
             like a strong man who cannot help?
          You, O Lord, are among us.
             We are called by your name.
                   Don't leave us!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






















Jeremiah 15:1-10 (GOD'S WORD)

     1 Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go. 2 When they ask you where they should go, say to them, 'This is what the Lord says:

          Those who are destined to die will die.
          Those who are destined to die in wars will die in wars.
          Those who are destined to die in famines will die in famines.
          Those who are destined to die in captivity will die in captivity.'

    3 "I will devise four ways to punish them," declares the Lord. "I will send swords to kill, dogs to drag away, and birds and animals to devour and destroy. 4 I will make these people a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. This will happen because of what Judah's King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, did in Jerusalem.

    5    No one will take pity on you, Jerusalem.
          No one will mourn for you.
          No one will bother to ask how you are doing.
    6      You have left me," declares the Lord.
                "You have turned your back on me.
                So I will use my power against you and destroy you.
          I'm tired of showing compassion to you.

    7   "I will separate them with a winnowing shovel at the city gates.
          I will make them childless.
          I will destroy my people because they will not change their ways.
    8   Their widows will be more numerous
             than the grains of sand on the seashore.
          At noontime I will send a destroyer against the mothers of young men.
          I will suddenly bring anguish and terror to them.
    9         A mother who gives birth to seven sons will grow faint
                   and breathe her last.
                      She will die, ashamed and humiliated,
                         while it is still daylight.
          I will put survivors from these people to death
             in the presence of their enemies," declares the Lord.

    10   I'm so miserable! Why did my mother give birth to me?
          I am a man who argues and quarrels with the whole earth.
          I have never lent or borrowed anything.
             Yet, everyone curses me.









































Jeremiah 15:15-18 (GOD'S WORD)

     15 O LORD, you understand.
        Remember me, take care of me,
            and take revenge on those who persecute me.
        Be patient, and don’t take me away.
        You should know that I’ve been insulted because of you.
    16  Your words were found, and I devoured them.
        Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight,
            because I am called by your name, O LORD God of Armies.
    17 I didn’t keep company with those who laugh and have fun.
        I sat alone because your hand was on me.
            You filled me with outrage.
    18 Why is my pain unending
            and my wound incurable, refusing to heal?
        Will you disappoint me like a stream
            that dries up in summertime?









































Jeremiah 19:10-13 (GOD'S WORD)

     10{The LORD says,} "Then smash the jar in front of the men who went with you. 11Say to them, `This is what the LORD of Armies says:  I will smash these people and this city as this potter's jar was smashed beyond repair. They will bury (the dead} in Topheth until there's no other place to bury them. 12That's what I will do to this place and to those who live in it, declares the LORD, I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem, the houses of the kings of Judah, and all the rooftops of the houses will be unclean like this city Topheth. This is because people burned incense to the entire army of heaven and poured out wine offerings to other gods.''
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

















 

Jeremiah 20:7-13 (GOD'S WORD)

JEREMIAH PRAYS TO THE LORD
     7 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived.
        You overpowered me and won.
            I’ve been made fun of all day long.
                Everyone mocks me.
    8 Each time I speak, I have to cry out and shout,
            “Violence and destruction!”
      The word of the LORD has made me the object of insults
            and contempt all day long.
    9 I think to myself, “I can forget the LORD
            and no longer speak his name.”
      But {his word} is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones.
            I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.
    10 I have heard many {people} whispering,
            “Terror is everywhere!
                Report him! Let’s report him!”
       All my closest friends are waiting to see me stumble.
            They say, “Maybe he will be tricked.
                Then we can overpower him and take revenge on him.”
    11 But the LORD is on my side like a terrifying warrior.
            That is why those who persecute me will stumble. They can’t win.
                They will be very ashamed that they can’t succeed.
                    Their eternal shame will not be forgotten.
    12 But the LORD of Armies examines the righteous.
            He sees their motives and thoughts.
        I want to see you take revenge on them,
            because I’ve brought my case to you.
    13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD!
            He has rescued the lives of needy people
                from the power of wicked people.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





























Jeremiah 23:5-6 (GOD'S WORD)

        5"The days are coming," declares the Lord,
            when I will grow a righteous branch for David.
                He will be a king who will rule wisely.
                    He will do what is fair and right in the land.
        6                     In his lifetime, Judah will be saved,
                            and Israel will live in safety.
                                This is the name that he will be given:
                                    The Lord Our Righteousness.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




























 

Jeremiah 23:13-15 (GOD'S WORD)

     13  “{Say this} about the prophets of Samaria:

                I saw something disgusting.
                    The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baal
                        and led my people Israel astray.

    14    “{Say this} about the prophets of Jerusalem:

                I see something horrible.
                    The prophets of Jerusalem commit adultery and live a lie.
                        They support those who do evil
                            so that no one turns back from his wickedness.
                        They are all like Sodom to me,
                            and those who live in Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

    15    This is what the LORD of Armies says about the prophets:

            I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink.
                The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness
                    throughout the land. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 































Jeremiah 25:8-29 (GOD'S WORD)

    8“This is what the LORD of Armies says: You did not listen to my words, 9so I’m going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, declares the LORD. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I’m going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible,
something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined. 10I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps. 11This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.12 “When the 70 years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes, declares the LORD. I will turn Babylon into a permanent
wasteland. 13I will bring on that land all the disasters I threatened to do to it, everything that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations, everything written in this book. 14Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon, and I will pay them back for what they have done.”15This is what the LORD God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it. 16When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I’m going to send them.
    17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand. I made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink from it: 18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah as well as
its kings and officials. When they drank from it, they became wastelands and ruins, something ridiculed and cursed, until today.
    19 I also made these people drink from it: Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, officials, all his people, 20and all the foreign people living among them;
all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod; 21Edom, Moab, and
the people of Ammon; 22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings on the seacoast; 23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who shave the hair on their foreheads;
    24all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the foreign people living in the desert; 25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
    26all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms
of the earth. Last of all, the king of Sheshach will drink from the cup.27The Lord said,"Say to them, 'This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and don't get up because of the wars that I'm going to send you.' 28But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink from it, say to them, 'This is what the Lord of Armies says: You must drink from it! 29I am going to bring disaster on the city that is named after me. Do you think you'll go unpunished? You will not go unpunished! I'm declaring war on all those who live on earth, declares the Lord of Armies.'








































Jeremiah 25:29-38 (GOD'S WORD)

    29 I am going to bring disaster on the city that is named after me. Do you think that you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished! I'm declaring war on all those that live on earth, declares the Lord of Armies .' 30 That is why you will prophesy all these things to them and say,

            ‘The LORD roars from above.
                He thunders from his holy dwelling place.
                He roars against his land.
                He shouts like those who stomp grapes.
                He shouts against all those who live on earth.
    31             The sound is echoing to the ends of the earth
                        because the LORD has brought charges against the nations.
                He will judge all humans.
                He will kill the wicked, declares the LORD.’

    32 “This is what the LORD of Armies says:

            Disaster is spreading from nation to nation.
            A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.”

    33 On that day those killed by the LORD will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.

    34  Mourn, you shepherds, and cry.
        Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
            The time has come for you to be slaughtered.
            The time has come for you to be scattered,
                and you will break like fine pottery.
    35     There will be no place for the shepherds to flee,
                no escape for the leaders of the flock.
    36     The shepherds are crying
                and the leaders of the flock are mourning
                    because the LORD is stripping their pasture.
    37     The peaceful pastures are destroyed by the LORD’s burning anger.
    38     He has left his lair like a lion.
                Their land has been ruined
                    because of the heat of the oppressor,
                    because of the fury of his anger.







































 

Jeremiah 30:4-9 (GOD'S WORD)

    4This is the message that the Lord spoke about Israel and Judah: 5"This is what the Lord says:

            "We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.
    6            Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child?
                        Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain
                            like a woman giving birth to a child?
                        Why has every face turned pale?
    7        How terrible that day will be!
                    There will be no other day like it.
                        It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob,
                            but they will be rescued from it.

    8"On that day," declares the Lord of Armies, "I will break the yokes off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them. 9You will serve the Lord your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




























Jeremiah 32:9-15 (GOD'S WORD)

    9"So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and gave him the money. The field cost seven ounces of silver. 10I signed the deed, sealed it, had people witness the signing of the deed, and paid out the silver. 11Then I took the sealed copy of the deed, containing the terms and conditions, as well as an unsealed copy. 12I gave the copies of the deeds to Baruch, son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. I did this in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who had signed the deed and in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the coutyard of the prison. 13Then I gave Baruch these orders: 14'This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Take both of these documents, both the sealed and the unsealed copies of the deed. Put them in a clay jar so that they will last a long time. 15This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: My people will again buy houses, fields, and vineyards in this land.'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

























 

Jeremiah 33:12-13 (GOD'S WORD)

    12 “This is what the LORD of Armies says: In this deserted place, where no people or animals live, and in all its cities, there will once again be pastures where shepherds can rest their flocks. 13In the cities on the mountains, in the foothills, in the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the area around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shepherds will once again count their sheep,” says the LORD. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





























Jeremiah 43:8-13 (GOD'S WORD)

    8Then the LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes. He said, 9“Take some large stones, and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes. Do this while the people of Judah watch you. 10Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones that I buried, and I will spread his royal canopy above them. 11He will defeat Egypt. He will bring death to those who are supposed to die. He will capture those who are supposed to be captured. He will kill in battle those who are supposed to be killed in battle. 12Hea will set fire to the temples of Egypt’s gods. He will burn down the temples and take their gods captive. Nebuchadnezzar will put on Egypt as his coat as a shepherd puts on his coat. He will leave Egypt peacefully. 13At Beth Shemesh he will break the monuments in Egypt and burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.’ ”













































Jeremiah 50 (GOD'S WORD)

    1 This is the message that the LORD spoke about Babylon and the land
        of the Babylonians through the prophet Jeremiah.

2     “Announce this among the nations, and spread the news.
        Raise a flag, and announce it.
        Don’t hide anything.
            Say, ‘Babylon will be captured.
                Bel will be put to shame.
                Marduk will be filled with terror.
                    Babylon’s statues will be put to shame.
                    Its idols will be filled with terror.’
3     A nation from the north will attack Babylon
            and destroy its land so that no one will live in it.
                People and animals will run away.

4     “In those days and at that time,” declares the LORD,
            “the people of Israel and Judah will cry as they go together
                to seek the LORD their God.
5     They will ask which road goes to Zion and turn in that direction.
       They will go there to make a permanent agreement with the LORD.
            It will not be forgotten.
6     My people have been lost sheep.
            Their shepherds have led them astray.
                They wander around on the mountains.
                They go from mountains to hills.
                    They have forgotten their resting place.
7     Everyone who finds them eats them.
           Their enemies say, ‘We’re not guilty.
                They have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture.
                They have sinned against the LORD, the hope of their ancestors.’

8     “Run away from Babylon.
            Leave the land of the Babylonians.
                Be like the male goats that lead the flock.
9     I am going to stir up an alliance of strong nations from the north
            and bring it against Babylon.
                Those nations will take up positions against Babylon.
      Babylon will be captured from the north.
            Its enemy’s arrows will be like skilled soldiers
                who don’t come back empty-handed.
10     The Babylonians will become the prize.
        All who loot them will get everything they want,”
            declares the LORD.

11     “You are happy and excited.
            You have looted the people who belong to me.
        You dance around like calves on the grass
            and neigh like stallions.
12                 But your mother will be greatly ashamed.
                   The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced.
        Babylon, you will be the least important nation.
            You will become a parched desert.
13     No one will live in Babylon because of the LORD’s anger.
            It will be completely abandoned.
        Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified
            and hiss at all its wounds.

14     “Take up your positions around Babylon, all you archers with bows.
        Shoot at it; don’t save any arrows,
            because the people of Babylon have sinned against the LORD.
15     Shout a war cry against them on every side.
            They’ll surrender.
            Their towers will fall and their walls will be torn down.
        Since this is the LORD’s vengeance, take revenge against them.
            Do to them what they did to others.

16    Don’t allow anyone in Babylon to plant or harvest.
      Everyone will turn to his own people and flee to his own homeland
            because of the enemies’ swords.

17     “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep that lions have chased.
            The first to devour them was the king of Assyria.
            The last to gnaw at their bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

18 “This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

        I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land
            as I punished the king of Assyria.
19     I will bring the people of Israel back to their pastures.
            They will eat on Mount Carmel and Mount Bashan.
            They will eat until they are full
                on the mountains of Ephraim and Gilead.
20     In those days and at that time,” declares the LORD,
            “people will look for Israel’s crimes, but they will find none.
            They will look for Judah’s sins, but none will be found.
                I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared.

21     “Attack the land of Merathaim
            and the people who live in Pekod.
        Claim them for me by killing them with a sword,”
            declares the LORD.
                “Do everything I commanded you.
22     The noise of battle and great destruction fills the land.
23     The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered.
        See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!
24     I will set traps for you, Babylon.
            You will be caught, but you won’t know it.
                You will be found and captured
                    because you have opposed the LORD.
25     The LORD will open his armory
            and bring out the weapons of his fury,
                because the Almighty LORD of Armies
                    has a job to do in the land of the Babylonians.
26     Attack them from a distance,
            open their storehouses,
                pile up their corpses like piles of grain,
                    claim them for me by destroying them,
                        and don’t leave anyone behind.
27     Kill all their young bulls.
        Let them go to be slaughtered.
        How horrible it will be for them when their time has come,
            the time for them to be punished.
28     Listen! Fugitives and refugees from Babylon
            are coming to Zion to tell about
                the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for his temple.

29     “Call together the archers, the soldiers with bows, against Babylon.
        Set up blockades around it. Don’t let anyone escape.
            Pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done.
                Do to them what they did to others.
        They have disobeyed the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
30     That is why their young men will die in the streets,
            and all their soldiers will be silenced that day,”
                declares the LORD.

31     “I’m against you, you arrogant city,”
            declares the Almighty LORD of Armies.
        “Your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
32     Those arrogant people will stumble and fall,
            and there will be no one to help them get up.
        I will light a fire in their cities
            that will burn up everything around them.”

33 This is what the LORD of Armies says:

        All the people of Israel and Judah are oppressed.
            All their enemies have captured them.
                They refuse to let them go.
34     Their defender is strong.
            His name is the LORD of Armies.
                He will certainly take up their cause
                    in order to bring rest to the land of Israel
                        and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

35     “A sword will kill the Babylonians
                and everyone who lives in Babylon,”
            declares the LORD.
        “A sword will kill their officials and their wise men.
36     A sword will kill the false prophets.
            They will become fools.
        A sword will kill their soldiers and defeat them.
37     A sword will kill their horses, their chariots,
            and all the foreigners within their ranks.
                They will become women.
        A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.
38     A drought will diminish their water supply, and it will dry up.
            Babylon is a land of idols, statues that will go crazy with fear.
39             That is why desert animals will live with hyenas.
                    Desert owls will also live there.
                        It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.
40     Babylon will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities
            when I, God, destroyed them.
                No one will live there.
                    No human will stay there,” declares the LORD.

41     “People are going to come from the north.
        A great nation and many kings will rise from the ends of the earth.
42         They will take hold of bows and spears.
            They will be cruel and have no compassion.
            They will sound like the sea when it roars.
            They will ride horses.
            They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.
43     The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage.
            Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.
44     I will suddenly chase them from their places
            like a lion coming out of the jungle
                along the Jordan River into pastureland.
                    I will appoint over Babylon whomever I choose.
                        Who is like me? Who can challenge me?
                            Is there any leader who can stand up to me?
45     Listen to the plans that the LORD is making against Babylon
            and the things he intends to do to the land of the Babylonians.
                He will surely drag away the little ones of the flock.
                He will surely destroy the pasture because of the Babylonians.
46     The earth will quake at the news that Babylon has been captured.
            Its cry will be heard among the nations.”












































 

Jeremiah 51 (GOD'S WORD)

1 This is what the LORD says:

            I will stir up a destructive wind against Babylon
                and against the people who live in Leb Kamai.
2     I will send people to winnow Babylon,
            to winnow it and strip its land bare.
      They will attack it from every direction on the day of trouble.
3           Have the archers bend their bows.
            Have them put on their armor.
                Don’t spare Babylon’s young men.
                    Completely destroy its whole army.
4     Babylon’s soldiers will fall down badly wounded in their streets.
            They will lie dead in their own land.

5 Israel and Judah haven’t been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Armies, although their land is guilty of abandoning the Holy One of Israel.

6     Run away from Babylon!
          Run for your lives!
                You shouldn’t die because of Babylon’s crimes.
      This is the time for the vengeance of the LORD.
            He will pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done.
7     Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD’s hand.
            It made the whole world drunk.
            The nations drank its wine.
                That is why the nations have gone insane.
8     Babylon will suddenly fall and be shattered.
            Cry for it.
                Bring medicine for its pain.
                    Maybe it can be healed.
9     We wanted to heal Babylon, but it couldn’t be healed.
            Let’s abandon it and go to our own land.
                God has judged Babylon.
                Its judgment is complete.

10     The LORD has brought about our victory.
            Let’s announce in Zion what the LORD our God has done.

11     Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers.
        The LORD will stir up the spirit of the kings of the Medes
        because his plan is to destroy Babylon.
        The LORD will avenge his temple.
12         Raise your battle flag in front of the walls of Babylon.
            Strengthen the guards.
                Station watchmen.
                    Prepare ambushes.
        The LORD will carry out his plans
        against the people who live in Babylon.
13     Babylon, you live beside many rivers and are rich with treasures,
        but your end has come.
        The thread of your life has been cut off.
14     The LORD of Armies has taken an oath on himself:
            “I will certainly fill you with many enemy armies.
                They will swarm like locusts.
                    People will shout their victory over you.”
15     The LORD made the earth by his power.
        He set up the world by his wisdom.
        He stretched out heaven by his understanding.
16     When he thunders, the water in the sky roars.
        He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
        He sends lightning with the rain.
        He brings wind out of his storehouses.
17     Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
        Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols.
            Their statues are false bgodsn .
18                 They can’t breathe.
                    They are worthless jokes.
                        When they are punished, they will disappear.
19     Jacob’s God isn’t like them.
            He made everything,
                and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him.
                    His name is the LORD of Armies.
20     “You are my war club and my weapon for battle.
        I will use you to crush nations.
        I will use you to destroy kingdoms.
21     I will use you to crush horses and their riders.
        I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.
22     I will use you to crush men and women.
        I will use you to crush the old and the young.
        I will use you to crush young men and women.
23     I will use you to crush shepherds and their flocks.
        I will use you to crush farmers and their oxen.
        I will use you to crush governors and officials.
24     “In your presence I will pay back Babylon
            and all the people who live in Babylon
                for all the evil things that they did in Zion,”
                    declares the LORD.
25     “I am against you, Babylon, you destructive mountain.
            You have destroyed the whole earth,” declares the LORD.
        “I will use my power against you,
            roll you off the cliffs,
                and make you a scorched mountain.
26     People won’t find any stones in you to use as a cornerstone.
        They won’t find any stones in you to use for a foundation.
            You will become permanent ruins,” declares the LORD.
27     Raise your battle flag throughout the world.
        Blow the ram’s horn among the nations.
            Prepare nations to attack Babylon.
                Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it.
                    Appoint a commander to lead the attack.
                        Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28     Prepare nations to attack Babylon.
        Prepare the king of the Medes, their governors, all their deputies,
            and all the countries that they rule.
29     The earth trembles and writhes in pain.
        The LORD carries out his plans against Babylon
            to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.
30     The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting.
            They stay in their fortified cities.
            Their strength has failed. They have become women.
            Their buildings are set on fire.
                The bars across their gates are broken.
31     Runners run to meet runners.
        Messengers follow messengers.
            They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.
32             The river crossings have been taken.
                    The enemy has burned its marshes,
                        and its soldiers are terrified.
33    This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says:
        The people of Babylon are like a threshing floorb
            at the time it is trampled.
                Their harvest time will come soon.
34     King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured us.
            He has thrown us into confusion.
            He has turned us into empty jars.
            He has swallowed us like a monster.
            He has filled his belly with our delicacies.
                Then he spit us out.
35     The people who live in Zion say,
            “May the violence done to us be done to Babylon.”
                Jerusalem says,
            “May the people of Babylon be held responsible for our deaths.”
36    This is what the LORD says:
        I am going to take up your cause and get revenge for you.
            I will dry up Babylon’s sea and make its springs dry.
37     Babylon will become piles of rubble.
            It will become a dwelling place for jackals,
                something horrible, and an object of contempt,
                    where no one lives.
38     Its people are like roaring lions and growling lion cubs.
39     When they are excited,
        I will prepare a feast for them
            and make them drunk so that they will shout and laugh.
                They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again,
                    declares the LORD.
40         I will take them to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.
41     “Sheshach has been captured.
        Babylon, the city that the whole world praised, has been taken captive.
42         What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations!
                The sea will rise over Babylon,
                    and its roaring waves will cover it.
43     Its cities will be ruined.
            It will become a desert, a land where no one lives
                and where no human travels.
44     I will punish Bel in Babylon.
            I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed.
                Nations will no longer stream to Babylon,
                    and its walls will fall.
45     “Leave it, my people!
            Run for your lives!
                Run from the burning anger of the LORD.
46     Don’t lose courage or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land.
            One rumor comes one year; another rumor comes the next year.
                Rumors of violence are in the land.
                Rumors that one ruler will fight against another are in the land.
47     That is why the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s idols.
            The whole country will be put to shame,
                and all its soldiers will lie dead.
48     Then heaven and earth and everything in them will rejoice over Babylon,
            because destroyers from the north will attack it,”
                declares the LORD.
49     Because the people of Babylon have killed many Israelites
            and because they have killed many people throughout the earth,
                Babylon must fall.
50     You people who escaped from the sword, leave!
            Don’t just stand there.
        Remember the LORD in a distant land, and think about Jerusalem.
51     We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced.
            Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone
                into the holy places of the LORD’s temple.
52     “That is why the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
            “when I will punish their idols,
                and those who are wounded will moan everywhere in the land.
53     The people of Babylon might go up to heaven.
        They might fortify their strongholds.
            But destroyers will still come from me against them,”
                declares the LORD.
54     Cries of agony are heard from Babylon.
        Sounds of terrible destruction are heard
            from the land of the Babylonians.
55     The LORD will destroy Babylon.
        He will silence the loud noise coming from it.
            Waves of enemies will come roaring in like raging water.
                The noise will be heard everywhere.
56     A destroyer will attack Babylon,
        its soldiers will be captured,
            and their bows and arrows will be broken.
        “I, the LORD, am a God who punishes evil.
    I will certainly punish them.
57 I will make their officials and wise men drunk,
        along with their governors, officers, and soldiers.
            They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up,”
                declares the king, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
58    This is what the LORD of Armies says:
            The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled,
                and its high gates will be set on fire.
                    People exhaust themselves for nothing.
                    The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.
59        This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, when Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s rule. (Seraiah was the quartermaster.)
60            Jeremiah wrote on a scroll all the disasters that would happen to Babylon. He wrote all these things that have been written about Babylon. 61Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all this. 62Then say, ‘LORD, you have threatened to destroy this place so that no person or animal will live here, and it will become a permanent ruin.’ 63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. 64Say, ‘Babylon will sink like this scroll. It will never rise again because of the disasters that I will bring on it.’ ”
            The words of Jeremiah end here.