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 8:10
8:10 So I will give their wives to other men
and their fields to new owners.
For from the least important to the most important of them,
all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
Prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.
Jeremiah 12:4
12:4 How long must the land be parched
and the grass in every field be withered?
How long must the animals and the birds die
because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land?
For these people boast,
“God will not see what happens to us.”
Jeremiah 14:18
14:18 If I go out into the countryside,
I see those who have been killed in battle.
If I go into the city,
I see those who are sick because of starvation.
For both prophet and priest go about their own business
in the land without having any real understanding.’”
Jeremiah 26:18
26:18 “Micah from Moresheth
prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah.
He told all the people of Judah,
‘The Lord who rules over all says,
“Zion will become a plowed field.
Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble.
The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.”’
Jeremiah 27:6
27:6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power
of my servant,
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him.
Jeremiah 28:14
28:14 For the
Lord God of Israel who rules over all
says, “I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations
so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’”
Jeremiah 32:7
32:7 ‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled
as my closest relative to buy it.”’
Jeremiah 32:44
32:44 Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah.
For I will restore them to their land.
I, the
Lord, affirm it!’”
Jeremiah 40:7
A Small Judean Province is Established at Mizpah
40:7 Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon.
Jeremiah 41:8
41:8 But there were ten men among them who said
to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field.
So he spared their lives and did not kill
them along with the rest.