Jeremiah

• Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Jeremiah (Person)

Father

Hilkiah

• Ἱερεμίας·Jeremiah
• יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ·Jeremiah

Includes 233 verses that refer to Jeremiah without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Chronicles 35:25
   Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
2. 2 Chronicles 36:12
   And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
3. 2 Chronicles 36:21
   So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
4. 2 Chronicles 36:22
   In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
5. Ezra 1:1
   In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
6. Jeremiah 1:1
   These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
7. Jeremiah 1:2Referred to, not named
   The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
8. Jeremiah 1:4Referred to, not named
   The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
9. Jeremiah 1:5Referred to, not named
   “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
10. Jeremiah 1:6Referred to, not named
    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
11. Jeremiah 1:7Referred to, not named
    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
12. Jeremiah 1:8Referred to, not named
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
13. Jeremiah 1:9Referred to, not named
    Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
14. Jeremiah 1:10Referred to, not named
    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
15. Jeremiah 1:11
    And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
16. Jeremiah 1:12Referred to, not named
    “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
17. Jeremiah 1:13Referred to, not named
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
18. Jeremiah 1:14Referred to, not named
    Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
19. Jeremiah 1:17Referred to, not named
    Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
20. Jeremiah 1:18Referred to, not named
    Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
21. Jeremiah 1:19Referred to, not named
    They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
22. Jeremiah 2:1Referred to, not named
    Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
23. Jeremiah 2:2Referred to, not named
    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
24. Jeremiah 2:19Referred to, not named
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
25. Jeremiah 2:22Referred to, not named
    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
26. Jeremiah 3:6Referred to, not named
    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
27. Jeremiah 3:11Referred to, not named
    And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
28. Jeremiah 3:12Referred to, not named
    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
29. Jeremiah 3:22Referred to, not named
    “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
30. Jeremiah 3:23Referred to, not named
    Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
31. Jeremiah 3:24Referred to, not named
    From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
32. Jeremiah 3:25Referred to, not named
    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
33. Jeremiah 4:8Referred to, not named
    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
34. Jeremiah 4:10Referred to, not named
    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
35. Jeremiah 4:19Referred to, not named
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
36. Jeremiah 4:20Referred to, not named
    Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
37. Jeremiah 4:21Referred to, not named
    How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
38. Jeremiah 4:23Referred to, not named
    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
39. Jeremiah 4:24Referred to, not named
    I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
40. Jeremiah 4:25Referred to, not named
    I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
41. Jeremiah 4:26Referred to, not named
    I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
42. Jeremiah 4:31Referred to, not named
    For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
43. Jeremiah 5:14Referred to, not named
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
44. Jeremiah 5:19Referred to, not named
    And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
45. Jeremiah 6:10Referred to, not named
    To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
46. Jeremiah 6:11Referred to, not named
    But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
47. Jeremiah 6:24Referred to, not named
    We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
48. Jeremiah 6:26Referred to, not named
    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
49. Jeremiah 6:27Referred to, not named
    “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
50. Jeremiah 7:1
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
51. Jeremiah 7:2Referred to, not named
    “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
52. Jeremiah 7:16Referred to, not named
    As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
53. Jeremiah 7:17Referred to, not named
    Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
54. Jeremiah 7:20Referred to, not named
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
55. Jeremiah 7:27Referred to, not named
    When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
56. Jeremiah 7:28Referred to, not named
    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
57. Jeremiah 8:4Referred to, not named
    So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
58. Jeremiah 8:18Referred to, not named
    My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
59. Jeremiah 8:19Referred to, not named
    Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
60. Jeremiah 8:21Referred to, not named
    For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
61. Jeremiah 8:22Referred to, not named
    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
62. Jeremiah 9:1Referred to, not named
    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
63. Jeremiah 9:2Referred to, not named
    If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
64. Jeremiah 9:18Referred to, not named
    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
65. Jeremiah 9:22Referred to, not named
    Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
66. Jeremiah 10:11Referred to, not named
    Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
67. Jeremiah 10:23Referred to, not named
    I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
68. Jeremiah 10:24Referred to, not named
    Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
69. Jeremiah 11:1
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
70. Jeremiah 11:2Referred to, not named
    “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
71. Jeremiah 11:3Referred to, not named
    You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
72. Jeremiah 11:5Referred to, not named
    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
73. Jeremiah 11:6Referred to, not named
    Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
74. Jeremiah 11:9Referred to, not named
    And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
75. Jeremiah 11:14Referred to, not named
    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
76. Jeremiah 11:18Referred to, not named
    And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
77. Jeremiah 11:19Referred to, not named
    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
78. Jeremiah 11:20Referred to, not named
    O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
79. Jeremiah 11:21Referred to, not named
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
80. Jeremiah 12:1Referred to, not named
    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
81. Jeremiah 12:3Referred to, not named
    But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
82. Jeremiah 12:5Referred to, not named
    “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
83. Jeremiah 12:6Referred to, not named
    Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
84. Jeremiah 13:1Referred to, not named
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
85. Jeremiah 13:2Referred to, not named
    So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
86. Jeremiah 13:3Referred to, not named
    Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
87. Jeremiah 13:4Referred to, not named
    “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
88. Jeremiah 13:5Referred to, not named
    So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
89. Jeremiah 13:6Referred to, not named
    Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
90. Jeremiah 13:7Referred to, not named
    So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
91. Jeremiah 13:8Referred to, not named
    Then the word of the LORD came to me:
92. Jeremiah 13:12Referred to, not named
    Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
93. Jeremiah 13:13Referred to, not named
    …then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
94. Jeremiah 13:17Referred to, not named
    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
95. Jeremiah 13:18Referred to, not named
    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
96. Jeremiah 14:1
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
97. Jeremiah 14:11Referred to, not named
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
98. Jeremiah 14:13Referred to, not named
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
99. Jeremiah 14:14Referred to, not named
    “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
100. Jeremiah 14:17Referred to, not named
     You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.