Jeremiah
God sends the prophet Jeremiah to warn the Israelites of the coming captivity in Babylon, and the people don’t take the news too well.
Chapter 2
2. The Lord tells Jeremiah: Go and proclaim, “My people have forsaken me and exchanged[...]
Chapter 3
3. Israel is compared to an adulterous husband where God complained of the high places they[...]
Chapter 4
4. Flee to safety and circumcise your hearts as I’m bringing disaster and destruction from[...]
Chapter 5
5. Judah and Israel have been completely unfaithful to me. My people have rebelled against[...]
Chapter 6
6. Jerusalem and Judah will be made desolate and punished for their sins by a distant nation[...]
Chapter 7
7. Proclaim at the temple. Has this house become a den of thieves? I sent prophets to warn[...]
Chapter 8
8. The bones of the kings, priests, and princes of Judah will be exhumed and left for dung[...]
Chapter 9
9. The Lord says, “No one speaks the truth. I will scatter the people among the heathens[...]
Chapter10
10. Do not learn the ways of other nations as the Lord is the one true God. Listen, a great[...]
Chapter 11
11. Both Judah and Israel have broken my covenant, and I will punish them by bringing[...]
Chapter 12
12. O God, why do the wicked prosper? I’ve left my house, and many shepherds have ruined[...]
Chapter 13
13. The Lord told Jeremiah to hide a sash inside the rocks. The rock is marred after a few[...]
Chapter 14
14. Jeremiah surveys the famine and admits the sins on behalf of the people. He intercedes[...]
Chapter 15
15. God tells Jeremiah to send the people away from His presence. Widows shall languish and[...]
Chapter 16
16. Because of the evils that threaten, Jeremiah is forbidden to marry or have a family.[...]
Chapter 17
17. Cursed are the people who trust in a man, and blessed are those who trust in the Lord.[...]
Chapter 18
18. The house of Israel is like clay in the hands of a potter. The people are called to[...]
Chapter 19
19. Jerusalem and Judah will be broken just like the potter’s vessel since they have[...]
Chapter 20
20. The governor of the temple, Pashur, captures Jeremiah and places him in the stocks. When[...]
Chapter 21
21. A vision of when Zedekiah was king. The people are advised to submit to[...]
Chapter 22
22. The king of Judah must execute righteousness and judgment and protect the poor. If he[...]
Chapter 23
23. The Lord will raise a righteous branch of David. The prophets prophesy false hopes which[...]
Chapter 24
24. A vision after Jeconiah had been taken away captive. The vision entails the good figs[...]
Chapter 25
25. A word comes to Jeremiah during the fourth year of Jehoiakim and the first year of[...]
Chapter 26
26. Jeremiah calls for people to repent in the court of the temple. The priests and the[...]
Chapter 27
27. God told Jeremiah to put a yoke on his neck. The false prophets had advised Judah to[...]
Chapter 28
28. Hananiah breaks the yoke off Jeremiah and says that the Lord shall break the yoke of[...]
Chapter 29
29. A message is sent to the people in captivity to build houses, have children and settle.[...]
Chapter 30
30. The promise is restored. David will be restored unto Judah, where there would be peace[...]
Chapter 31
31. The northern kingdom will be restored, and the people will return to their cities. The[...]
Chapter 32
32. During the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, word comes to Jeremiah. Jeremiah is[...]
Chapter 33
33. A word comes to Jeremiah in captivity. Judah and Israel will be restored to God’s[...]
Chapter 34
34. God sends a message to Zedekiah through Jeremiah. Zedekiah will not escape the king of[...]
Chapter 35
35. The Lord blesses and commends the Rechabites who obeyed their father in not drinking[...]
Chapter 36
36. Baruch read out Jeremiah’s word at the temple. Upon hearing the words, the king sent[...]
Chapter 37
37. Zedekiah became king, and Jeremiah proclaimed that the Babylonians would not let the[...]
Chapter 38
38. The princes of Judah took offense at Jeremiah for predicting the destruction of[...]
Chapter 39
39. The Babylonians attacked Jerusalem and captured Zedekiah. They took the people into[...]
Chapter 40
40. Zedekiah is blinded, and his sons are killed. The spared Jeremiah is sent back to dwell[...]
Chapter 41
41. Ishmael killed Gedaliah and eighty other men. Johanan went to attack Ishmael, but he[...]
Chapter 42
42. The survivors asked Jeremiah to pray for them. The Lord promised the people that if they[...]
Chapter 43
43. Johanan and the people failed to obey God and went to Egypt. The Lord promised that he[...]
Chapter 44
44. Jeremiah reproved the Jews in Egypt for worshipping false gods, but they refused to[...]
Chapter 45
45. Baruch heard Jeremiah’s prophecies and is anguished by Judah’s destruction. However,[...]
Chapter 46
46. Jeremiah prophesies against Egypt that there would be no healing for them. The[...]
Chapter 47
47. Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of Philistines from the north (Babylon). The[...]
Chapter 48
48. Moab is destroyed for its arrogance and complacency. “Give wings unto Moab, that it[...]
Chapter 49
49. The destruction of Edom, Hazor, Damascus, Elam, and the Ammonites is prophesied, and the[...]
Chapter 50
50. A prophecy of Babylon is given. A nation from the north will make it desolate. Judah[...]
Chapter 51
51. Babylon will be brought like a lamb to the slaughter and will become a dwelling place[...]
