O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.

Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right!

“Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’

Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah.