But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw their bodies in a cistern.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt.

I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say, ‘Get up! Let’s go back to our own people. Let’s go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’

The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

Early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam.

“Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the Lord.

Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!

Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army.

ע (Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

Each moved straight ahead – wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel –

Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.

They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers.

“Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: “‘Who are you like in your greatness?