on Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon,

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.

At that time the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ”

“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah.

“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

“I, the Lord, affirm: ‘The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah.

“Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”

The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.

The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people’s homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.

“Go down at once to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.”

on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,

“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?

But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the Lord.

For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.

You people of Israel, listen to what the Lord has to say to you.

So I went down to the potter’s house and found him working at his wheel.

The Lord told me, “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

Since it was the ninth month of the year, the king was sitting in his winter quarters. A fire was burning in the firepot in front of him.