So I went and buried them at Perath as the Lord had ordered me to do.

So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me,

So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do and put them on.

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.

So here is what the Lord has to say about Israel and Judah.

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

So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’

They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them.

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

So the Lord said, “Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, ‘The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!’”

So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!

Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.