Jeremiah 1:15
1:15 For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the
Lord. “They will come and their kings will set up their thrones
near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem.
They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.
Jeremiah 2:2
2:2 “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says: “I have fond memories of you,
how devoted you were to me in your early years.
I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
Jeremiah 3:12
The Lord Calls on Israel and Judah to Repent
3:12 “Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them,
‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the Lord.
‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure.
For I am merciful,’ says the Lord.
‘I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:17
3:17 At that time the city of Jerusalem
will be called the
Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the
Lord’s name.
They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.
Jeremiah 7:2
7:2 “Stand in the gate of the
Lord’s temple and proclaim
this message: ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the
Lord.
Hear what the
Lord has to say.
Jeremiah 7:13
7:13 You also have done all these things, says the
Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again.
But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
Jeremiah 10:25
10:25 Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you.
Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you.
For they have destroyed the people of Jacob.
They have completely destroyed them
and left their homeland in utter ruin.
Jeremiah 11:6
11:6 The Lord said to me, “Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!
Jeremiah 11:14
11:14 So, Jeremiah,
do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them.
For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”
Jeremiah 12:6
12:6 As a matter of fact, even your own brothers
and the members of your own family have betrayed you too.
Even they have plotted to do away with you.
So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
Jeremiah 19:6
19:6 So I, the
Lord, say:
“The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley
the Valley of Slaughter!
Jeremiah 20:3
20:3 But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, “The
Lord’s name for you is not ‘Pashhur’ but ‘Terror is Everywhere.’
Jeremiah 34:8
The Lord Threatens to Destroy Those Who Wronged Their Slaves
34:8 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom.
Jeremiah 36:4
36:4 So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll.
Jeremiah 36:9-10
36:9 All the people living in Jerusalem
and all the people who came into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah came to observe a fast before the
Lord. The fast took place in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
36:10 At that time Baruch went into the temple of the
Lord. He stood in the entrance of the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan who had been the royal secretary.
That room was in the upper court
near the entrance of the New Gate.
There, where all the people could hear him, he read from the scroll what Jeremiah had said.
Jeremiah 36:21
36:21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He went and got it from the room of Elishama, the royal secretary. Then he himself
read it to the king and all the officials who were standing around him.
Jeremiah 36:23
36:23 As soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns
of the scroll, the king
would cut them off with a penknife
and throw them on the fire in the firepot. He kept doing so until the whole scroll was burned up in the fire.