Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and the grandson of Shaphan, heard Baruch read from the scroll everything the Lord had said.

So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.

On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

The Lord who rules over all said, “I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.

“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

“Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the Lord!

Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

כ (Kaf) The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.

O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

“I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.

I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.