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 2:19
2:19 Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment.
Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you.
Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful
it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God,
to show no respect for me,”
says the Lord God who rules over all.
Jeremiah 3:6
3:6 When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.
Jeremiah 7:20
7:20 So,” the Lord
God says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land.
It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops.
And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”
Jeremiah 11:5
11:5 Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.”
That is the very land that you still live in today.’”
And I responded, “Amen! Let it be so,
Lord!”
Jeremiah 12:16
12:16 But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people.
Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal.
But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the
Lord lives, I swear.”
If they do these things,
then they will be included among the people I call my own.
Jeremiah 14:13
14:13 Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, ‘You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”
Jeremiah 25:5
25:5 He said through them,
‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing.
If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.
Jeremiah 26:16
26:16 Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, “This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God.”
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 45:5
45:5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the
Lord, affirm
that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity.
But I will allow you to escape with your life
wherever you go.”’”