Category Archives: Jeremiah

Start Each Day with a Sense of Justice 1-2 God’s Message to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to him with this request: “Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has waged war against us. Pray toGodfor us. Ask him for help. MaybeGodwill intervene with one of his […]

Walking Out on the Covenant of God 1-3 God’s orders: “Go to the royal palace and deliver this Message. Say, ‘Listen to whatGodsays, O King of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne—you and your officials and all the people who go in and out of these palace gates. This isGod’s Message: Attend to matters […]

An Authentic David-Branch 1-4 “Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!”God’s Decree. “So here is what I,God, Israel’s God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled my people: ‘You’ve scattered my sheep. You’ve driven them off. You haven’t kept your eye on them. Well, let me tell you, I’m keeping my eye onyou, […]

Two Baskets of Figs 1-2 Godshowed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the Temple ofGod. This was after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem into exile in Babylon, along with the leaders of Judah, the craftsmen, and the skilled laborers. In one basket […]

Don’t Follow the God-Fads of the Day 1 This is the Message given to Jeremiah for all the people of Judah. It came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah. It was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2 Jeremiah the prophet delivered the Message to all the […]

Change the Way You’re Living 1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this Message came fromGodto Jeremiah: 2-3 “God’s Message: Stand in the court ofGod’s Temple and preach to the people who come from all over Judah to worship inGod’s Temple. Say everything I tell you to […]

Harness Yourselves Up to the Yoke 1-4 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah received this Message fromGod: “Make a harness and a yoke and then harness yourself up. Send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send it through their ambassadors who have […]

From a Wooden to an Iron Yoke 1-2 Later that same year (it was in the fifth month of King Zedekiah’s fourth year) Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, confronted Jeremiah in the Temple ofGodin front of the priests and all the people who were there. Hananiah said: 2-4 “This Message is straight […]

Plans to Give You the Future You Hope For 1-2 This is the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to what was left of the elders among the exiles, to the priests and prophets and all the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon from Jerusalem, including King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the […]

Don’t Despair, Israel 1-2 This is the Message Jeremiah received fromGod: “God’s Message, the God of Israel: ‘Write everything I tell you in a book. 3 “‘Look. The time is coming when I will turn everything around for my people, both Israel and Judah. I,God, say so. I’ll bring them back to the land I […]