Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

The Lord answered Jeremiah.

The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah.

The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah.

Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

“I, the Lord, say: ‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.

Then the Lord said, “This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

I also told them, “If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon.

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!

They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the Lord, and came to Tahpanhes.

My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

The city remained under siege until Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.