But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

The Lord says, “Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter – one that remains trustworthy.

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.

He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!

There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.

Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water’s surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.