Chapter 52:24-34 (ESV) - And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; and from the city he took an officer who…
Chapter 52:12-23 (ESV) - In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the…
Chapter 52:1-11 (ESV) - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did…
Chapter 51:59-64 (ESV) - The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his…
Chapter 51:25-58 (ESV) - “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,declares the LORD, which destroys the whole earth;I will stretch out my hand against you, and…
Chapter 51:12-24 (ESV) - “Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong;set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes;for the LORD has both planned and
Chapter 51:1-11 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD:“Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,and I will send to
Chapter 50:21-44 (ESV) - “Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the inhabitants of Pekod.Kill, and devote them to destruction,declares the LORD, and do all…
Chapter 50:1-20 (ESV) - The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
“Declare among the nations and proclaim, set…
Chapter 49:23-39 (ESV) - Concerning Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news;they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that…
Chapter 49:7-22 (ESV) - Concerning Edom.
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom…
Chapter 49:1-6 (ESV) - Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the LORD:
“Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir?Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in
Chapter 48 (ESV) - Concerning Moab.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;the fortress is put…
Chapter 47 (ESV) - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
“Thus says the LORD:Behold, waters are rising out of…
Chapter 46:13-28 (ESV) - The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim…
Chapter 46:1-12 (ESV) - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates…
Chapter 45 (ESV) - The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son…
Chapter 44:20-30 (ESV) - Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer: “As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in…
Chapter 44:15-19 (ESV) - Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land…
Chapter 44:1-14 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, “Thus says the…
Chapter 43:8-13 (ESV) - Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: “Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to…
Chapter 43:1-7 (ESV) - When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the LORD their God, with which the LORD their God had sent him to them, Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and…
Chapter 42:7-22 (ESV) - At the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all…
Chapter 41:11-42:6 (ESV) - But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, they took all their men and…
Chapter 41:1-10 (ESV) - In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,…
Chapter 40:7-16 (ESV) - When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had…
Chapter 40:1-6 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives…
Chapter 39:11-18 (ESV) - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, “Take him, look after him well, and do him no…
Chapter 39:1-10 (ESV) - In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. In the eleventh year…
Chapter 38:14-28 (ESV) - King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you a question;…
Chapter 38:1-13 (ESV) - Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all…
Chapter 37:11-21 (ESV) - Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army, Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his…
Chapter 37:1-10 (ESV) - Zedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. But neither he nor his servants…
Chapter 36:20-32 (ESV) - So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king. Then the king sent Jehudi…
Chapter 36:1-19 (ESV) - In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken…
Chapter 35 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them…
Chapter 34:8-22 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them, that…
Chapter 34:1-7 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples…
Chapter 33:14-26 (ESV) - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I…
Chapter 33:1-13 (ESV) - The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it…
Chapter 32:36-44 (ESV) - “Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine,…
Chapter 32:16-35 (ESV) - “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying: ‘Ah, LORD God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth…
Chapter 32:1-15 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. At that time the army of the king…
Chapter 31:35-40 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD,who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,who stirs up the sea so that its…
Chapter 31:31-34 (ESV) - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I…
Chapter 31:23-30 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their
Chapter 31:15-22 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD:“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping.Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for
Chapter 31:1-14 (ESV) - “At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
Thus says the LORD:“The people who survived…
Chapter 30:10-24 (ESV) - “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel;for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring…
Chapter 30:1-9 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. For behold, days are…
Chapter 29:24-32 (ESV) - To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and…
Chapter 29:15-23 (ESV) - “Because you have said, ‘The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’ thus says the LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David,…
Chapter 29:1-14 (ESV) - These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people,…
Chapter 28:10-17 (ESV) - Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them. And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus…
Chapter 28:1-9 (ESV) - In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me…
Chapter 27:12-22 (ESV) - To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live. Why will you and…
Chapter 27:1-11 (ESV) - In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. Thus the LORD said to me: “Make yourself straps…
Chapter 26:16-24 (ESV) - Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the…
Chapter 26:1-15 (ESV) - In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD: “Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house,…
Chapter 25:30-38 (ESV) - “You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:
“‘The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation
Chapter 25:15-29 (ESV) - Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. They shall drink…
Jeremiah 25:1-14 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar…
Chapter 24 (ESV) - After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the…
Chapter 23:23-40 (ESV) - “Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven…
Chapter 23:16-22 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not…
Chapter 23:9-15 (ESV) - Concerning the prophets:
My heart is broken within me; all my bones shake;I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine,because of the
Chapter 23:5-8 (ESV) - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice…
Chapter 23:1-4 (ESV) - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds…
Chapter 22:24-30 (ESV) - “As I live, declares the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off and give you into the…
Chapter 22:10-23 (ESV) - Weep not for him who is dead, nor grieve for him,but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native
Chapter 22:5-9 (ESV) - But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king…
Chapter 21:11-22:4 (ESV) - “And to the house of the king of Judah say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O house of David! Thus says the LORD:
“‘Execute justice in the
Chapter 21:8-10 (ESV) - “And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. He who stays in this city shall die by the…
Chapter 21:1-7 (ESV) - This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah,…
Chapter 20:7-18 (ESV) - O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived;you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed.I have become a laughingstock all the day;
Chapter 20:1-6 (ESV) - Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and…
Chapter 19 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD, “Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of the Son…
Chapter 18:!9-23 (ESV) - Hear me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of my adversaries.Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life.Remember how I…
Chapter 18:12-18 (ESV) - “But they say, ‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
“Therefore…
Chapter 18:1-11 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter's…
Chapter 17:19-27 (ESV) - Thus said the LORD to me: “Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, and…
Chapter 17:12-18 (ESV) - A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to
Chapter 17:5-11 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD:“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.He is like a shrub in…
Chapter 17:1-4 (ESV) - “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars, while their…
Chapter 16:14-21 (ESV) - “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of…
Chapter 16:1-13 (ESV) - The word of the LORD came to me: “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters…
Chapter 15:15-21 (ESV) - O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.In your forbearance take me not away; know that for
Chapter 15:10-14 (ESV) - Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. The LORD…
Chapter 15:1-9 (ESV) - Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! And when…
Chapter 14:13-22 (ESV) - Then I said: “Ah, LORD God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in…
Chapter 14:1-12 (ESV) - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
“Judah mourns, and her gates languish;her people lament on the ground, and the
Chapter 13:15-27 (ESV) - Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the LORD has spoken.Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness,before your feet stumble
Chapter 13:12-14 (ESV) - “You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you,
Chapter 12:14-13:11 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their…
Chapter 12:5-13 (ESV) - “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses?And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what
Chapter 12:1-4 (ESV) - Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you.Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who
Chapter 11:12-23 (ESV) - “Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their…
Chapter 11:1-11 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. You shall say to them,…
Chapter 10:17-25 (ESV) - Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!For thus says the LORD:“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land …
Chapter 10:11-16 (ESV) - Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
It is he who made the…
Chapter 10:1-10 (ESV) - Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the LORD:
“Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of…
Chapter 9:12-26 (ESV) - Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness,…
Chapter 9:4-11 (ESV) - Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother,for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a…
Chapter 8:18-9:3 (ESV) - My joy is gone; grief is upon me; my heart is sick within me.Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the
Chapter 8:4-17 (ESV) - “You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD:When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?Why then has this people turned…
Chapter 7:27-8:3 (ESV) - “So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you. And you shall say to them, ‘This…
Chapter 7:16-26 (ESV) - “As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they are doing…
Chapter 7:1-15 (ESV) - The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH: “Stand in the gate of YHWH's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of YHWH, all you men of Judah who…
Chapter 6:22-30 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD:“Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.They lay hold on bow…
Chapter 6:16-21 (ESV) - Thus says the LORD:“Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths,where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your
Chapter 6:10-15 (ESV) - To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear?Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen;behold, the word of the LORD is…
Chapter 6:1-9 (ESV) - Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,for disaster looms out…
Chapter 5:18-31 (ESV) - “But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you. And when your people say, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all these things to…
Chapter 5:1-6 (ESV) - 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note!Search her squares to see if you can find a man,one who does justice and
Chapter 4:19-31 (ESV) - My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart!My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent,for I hear the sound of the
Chapter 4:9-18 (ESV) - “In that day, declares the LORD, courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.” Then I said, “Ah, LORD…
Chapter 4:2-8 (ESV) - For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.Circumcise yourselves to the LORD;
Chapter 3:19-4:2 (ESV) - “I said, How I would set you among my sons,and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations.And I thought you would call…
Chapter 3:12-18 (ESV) - Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
“‘Return, faithless Israel,declares the LORD.I will not look on you in anger, for I am
Chapter 3:6-11 (ESV) - The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree,…
Chapter 3:1-5 (ESV) - “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from himand becomes another man's wife, will he return to her?Would not that land be greatly polluted?You
Chapter 2:26-37 (ESV) - “As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed:they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their…
Chapter 2:9-19 (ESV) - “Therefore I still contend with you,declares the LORD, and with your children's children I will contend.For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, …
Chapter 2:1-8 (ESV) - The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD,
“I remember the devotion of your youth, your…
Chapter 1:11-19 (ESV) - And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond branch.” Then the LORD said to me, “You have
Chapter 1:6-10 (ESV) - Then I said, “Ah, LORD God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the LORD said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a…
Chapter 1:1-5 (ESV) - The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of…
