1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lord, which came to him in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, 3 and which came to […]
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Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Go, and cry out to the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, taking pity on your youth and on the charity of your betrothal, when you followed me into the desert, into a land which is not […]
Jeremiah 3
1 “It is commonly said: ‘If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’ So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I […]
Jeremiah 4
1 “O Israel, if you would return, says the Lord, then be converted to me. If you remove your offense from before my face, then you will not be shaken. 2 And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth and in judgment and in justice.” And the Gentiles will bless him, and they […]
Jeremiah 5
1 “Travel the streets of Jerusalem; and gaze, and consider, and seek, in its wide streets. If you can find a man exercising judgment and seeking faith, then I will be forgiving to them. 2 For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.” 3 O Lord, your eyes […]
Jeremiah 6
1 “O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction. 2 I have compared the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman. 3 […]
Jeremiah 7
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Stand at the gate to the house of the Lord, and preach this word there, and say: Listen to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter through these gates to adore the Lord. 3 Thus says the Lord of […]
Jeremiah 8
1 “In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves. 2 And they will spread them […]
Jeremiah 9
1 “Who will provide water for my head, and a fount of tears for my eyes? And then I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. 2 Who will provide me, in the wilderness, with a lodging place along the road? And then I will forsake my people, […]
Jeremiah 10
1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear. 3 For the laws of the people […]