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A City Full of Lies 1-5 “Run for your lives, children of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem, and now! Give a blast on the ram’s horn in Blastville. Send up smoke signals from Smoketown. Doom pours out of the north— massive terror! I have likened my dear daughter Zion to a lovely meadow. Well, now […]

The Nation That Wouldn’t Obey God 1-2 The Message fromGodto Jeremiah: “Stand in the gate ofGod’s Temple and preach this Message. 2-3 “Say, ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worshipGod.God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God, has this to say to you: 3-7 “‘Clean up your act—the way you live, the things you […]

1-2 “And when the time comes”—God’s Decree!—“I’ll see to it that they dig up the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the princes and priests and prophets, and yes, even the bones of the common people. They’ll dig them up and spread them out like a congregation at worship before sun, moon, […]

1-2 I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people. At times I wish I had a wilderness hut, a backwoods cabin, Where I could get away from my people and never see them again. […]

The Stick Gods 1-5 Listen to the Message thatGodis sending your way, House of Israel. Listen most carefully: “Don’t take the godless nations as your models. Don’t be impressed by their glamour and glitz, no matter how much they’re impressed. The religion of these peoples is nothing but smoke. An idol is nothing but a […]

The Terms of This Covenant 1 The Message that came to Jeremiah fromGod: 2-4 “Preach to the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them this: ‘This isGod’s Message, the Message of Israel’s God to you. Anyone who does not keep the terms of this covenant is cursed. The terms are clear. I made […]

What Makes You Think You Can Race Against Horses? 1-4 You are right, OGod, and you set things right. I can’t argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished […]

People Who Do Only What They Want to Do 1-2 Godtold me, “Go and buy yourself some linen shorts. Put them on and keep them on. Don’t even take them off to wash them.” So I bought the shorts asGoddirected and put them on. 3-5 ThenGodtold me, “Take the shorts that you bought and go […]

Time and Again We’ve Betrayed God 1-6 God’s Message that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought: “Judah weeps, her cities mourn. The people fall to the ground, moaning, while sounds of Jerusalem’s sobs rise up, up. The rich people sent their servants for water. They went to the cisterns, but the cisterns were dry. They […]

1-2 ThenGodsaid to me: “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel stood here and made their case, I wouldn’t feel a thing for this people. Get them out of here. Tell them to get lost! And if they ask you, ‘So where do we go?’ tell themGodsays, “‘If you’re assigned to die, go and die; if […]