My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

The Lord said to Jeremiah:

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

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

That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah,

The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Babylonia will be plundered. Those who plunder it will take all they want,” says the Lord.

I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

מ (Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?

“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

They will bear their punishment; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it

In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me:

When all this comes true – and it certainly will – then they will know that a prophet was among them.”

The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.

I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.