So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem.

The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming.

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.

“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it – Jerusalem.

Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because all of you have become slag, look out! – I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.

In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem and laid it under siege.

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination – Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together

Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.