You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.

The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.

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

“Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.

The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia through the prophet Jeremiah.

A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.

“Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.

He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.