The Prophets · Old Testament
Jeremiah
Jeremiah is book 24 of 66 and belongs to the Prophets in the Old Testament. It has 52 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 126 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Jeremiah 1: Jeremiah 1: the prophet's call, the almond rod and the seething pot
The chapter opens by naming Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, and by setting his words in the days of… - Jeremiah 2: Jeremiah 2: the forsaken fountain and the broken cisterns
The word of the Lord sends Jeremiah to cry in the ears of Jerusalem. The Lord remembers the kindness of Israel's youth and the love of her espousals… - Jeremiah 3: Jeremiah 3: backsliding Israel, treacherous Judah and the call to return
The chapter opens with the case of a man who puts away his wife: if she becomes another man's he does not return to her, yet the Lord tells the one… - Jeremiah 4: Jeremiah 4: the alarm of war and the earth without form and void
The Lord tells Israel that if she returns and puts away her abominations she will not be removed. To the men of Judah and Jerusalem he says to break… - Jeremiah 5: Jeremiah 5: a search for one just man and a nation from far
The Lord invites a search through the streets of Jerusalem for one man who executes judgment and seeks the truth, promising to pardon the city for… - Jeremiah 6: Jeremiah 6: siege against the daughter of Zion and reprobate silver
The children of Benjamin are told to flee out of Jerusalem and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, because evil appears out of the north. The daughter of Zion… - Jeremiah 7: Jeremiah 7: the temple sermon, Shiloh and the valley of slaughter
The word comes to Jeremiah to stand in the gate of the Lord's house and address all of Judah who enter to worship. The Lord tells them to amend their… - Jeremiah 8: Jeremiah 8: bones before the sun, the failed harvest and the balm in Gilead
The Lord says the bones of Judah's kings, princes, priests, prophets and inhabitants will be brought out of their graves and spread before the sun… - Jeremiah 9: Jeremiah 9: a fountain of tears, the mourning women and true glory
The speaker wishes his head were waters and his eyes a fountain of tears to weep for the slain of the daughter of his people, and wishes for a… - Jeremiah 10: Jeremiah 10: idols that cannot walk and the Lord who made the earth
The house of Israel is told not to learn the way of the heathen or be dismayed at the signs of heaven. A workman cuts a tree from the forest, decks… - Jeremiah 11: Jeremiah 11: the broken covenant and the plot of the men of Anathoth
The word comes to Jeremiah to speak the words of the covenant to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: cursed is the man who does not obey the covenant… - Jeremiah 12: Jeremiah 12: why the wicked prosper and the Lord's forsaken heritage
Jeremiah addresses the Lord as righteous and asks to talk with him of his judgments: why does the way of the wicked prosper and why are the… - Jeremiah 13: Jeremiah 13: the marred girdle, the wine bottles and the pride of Judah
The Lord tells Jeremiah to get a linen girdle, wear it on his loins and keep it out of water. A second word sends him to Euphrates to hide it in a… - Jeremiah 14: Jeremiah 14: the dearth, the lying prophets and a plea not to be abhorred
The word of the Lord comes to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Judah mourns and her gates languish; the nobles send their little ones for water and… - Jeremiah 15: Jeremiah 15: not even Moses and Samuel, and the prophet's incurable wound
The Lord answers that even if Moses and Samuel stood before him his mind could not be toward this people. If they ask where to go, they are to be… - Jeremiah 16: Jeremiah 16: no wife, no mourning, no feasting, and fishers and hunters
The word of the Lord tells Jeremiah not to take a wife or have sons or daughters in this place, because the children and parents of this land will… - Jeremiah 17: Jeremiah 17: sin graven on the heart, the tree by the waters and the sabbath gates
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and the point of a diamond, graven on the table of their heart and on the horns of their altars, while… - Jeremiah 18: Jeremiah 18: the potter's house and the plot to smite the prophet with the tongue
The word sends Jeremiah down to the potter's house, where the potter works on the wheels. The clay vessel is marred in the potter's hand, and the… - Jeremiah 19: Jeremiah 19: the broken bottle in the valley of the son of Hinnom
The Lord tells Jeremiah to get a potter's earthen bottle, take some of the ancients of the people and of the priests, and go to the valley of the son… - Jeremiah 20: Jeremiah 20: Pashur's stocks, the burning fire in the bones and the cursed birthday
Pashur the son of Immer the priest, chief governor in the house of the Lord, hears Jeremiah prophesying, strikes him and puts him in the stocks in… - Jeremiah 21: Jeremiah 21: Zedekiah's enquiry and the way of life and the way of death
King Zedekiah sends Pashur the son of Melchiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah, asking him to enquire of the Lord because… - Jeremiah 22: Jeremiah 22: judgment on Judah's kings, Shallum, Jehoiakim and Coniah
The Lord sends Jeremiah to the house of the king of Judah to tell the king on David's throne, his servants and his people to execute judgment, do no… - Jeremiah 23: Jeremiah 23: the righteous Branch and the prophets who ran unsent
Woe is pronounced on the pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of the Lord's pasture; because they have not visited the flock, the Lord will… - Jeremiah 24: Jeremiah 24: two baskets of figs before the temple
The Lord shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has carried away Jeconiah the son… - Jeremiah 25: Jeremiah 25: twenty-three years unheeded, seventy years, and the cup of fury
The word comes in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. Jeremiah tells the people that… - Jeremiah 26: Jeremiah 26: the trial in the temple court and the death of Urijah
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the Lord tells Jeremiah to stand in the court of the Lord's house and speak to all who… - Jeremiah 27: Jeremiah 27: yokes sent to the kings and the vessels that remain
The word comes to Jeremiah, and the Lord tells him to make bonds and yokes and put them on his own neck. He is to send them to the kings of Edom… - Jeremiah 28: Jeremiah 28: Hananiah breaks the yoke and dies within the year
In the same year, in the beginning of Zedekiah's reign, in the fourth year and fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azur, a prophet from Gibeon, speaks… - Jeremiah 29: Jeremiah 29: the letter to the captives in Babylon
The chapter gives the letter Jeremiah sends from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets and people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried to Babylon, after… - Jeremiah 30: Jeremiah 30: the book of return and the time of Jacob's trouble
The Lord tells Jeremiah to write in a book all the words he has spoken, because days are coming when he will bring back the captivity of Israel and… - Jeremiah 31: Jeremiah 31: Rahel weeping, Ephraim returning and a new covenant
The Lord says that at the same time he will be God to all the families of Israel. Those left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; he has loved… - Jeremiah 32: Jeremiah 32: Jeremiah buys a field in Anathoth during the siege
The word comes in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the eighteenth of Nebuchadrezzar, while Babylon's army besieges Jerusalem and Jeremiah is shut up in… - Jeremiah 33: Jeremiah 33: a second word in the prison court and the Branch for David
The word of the Lord comes to Jeremiah a second time while he is still shut up in the court of the prison. The Lord names himself as maker and… - Jeremiah 34: Jeremiah 34: Zedekiah's end foretold and the freed servants taken back
While Nebuchadnezzar, his army and all the kingdoms under him fight against Jerusalem and its cities, the Lord sends Jeremiah to Zedekiah. The city… - Jeremiah 35: Jeremiah 35: the Rechabites who will not drink wine
In the days of Jehoiakim the Lord tells Jeremiah to go to the house of the Rechabites, bring them into a chamber of the Lord's house and give them… - Jeremiah 36: Jeremiah 36: the scroll written, read, burned and written again
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the Lord tells Jeremiah to take a roll and write all the words spoken against Israel, Judah and the nations since the… - Jeremiah 37: Jeremiah 37: Zedekiah's secret question and Jeremiah's arrest
Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigns in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, made king by Nebuchadrezzar, and neither he nor his servants nor the… - Jeremiah 38: Jeremiah 38: the mire, Ebed-melech's rescue and Zedekiah's last question
Four princes hear Jeremiah telling the people that whoever stays in the city will die by sword, famine and pestilence, while whoever goes out to the… - Jeremiah 39: Jeremiah 39: the city broken up, Zedekiah blinded, Jeremiah released
In the ninth year of Zedekiah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar and his army besiege Jerusalem; in the eleventh year, on the ninth day of the… - Jeremiah 40: Jeremiah 40: freed at Ramah and Gedaliah's rule at Mizpah
The chapter opens after Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard has released Jeremiah at Ramah, where he had been bound in chains among the captives… - Jeremiah 41: Jeremiah 41: Ishmael kills Gedaliah and the remnant turns toward Egypt
In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, of the seed royal, comes with ten men to Gedaliah at Mizpah and eats bread with him. Ishmael and… - Jeremiah 42: Jeremiah 42: the remnant asks for a word and is told not to go to Egypt
The captains, Johanan, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah and all the people, least to greatest, come to Jeremiah and ask him to pray to the Lord his God… - Jeremiah 43: Jeremiah 43: the remnant goes to Egypt and stones are hidden at Tahpanhes
When Jeremiah finishes speaking all the words the Lord sent him to say, Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah and all the proud men… - Jeremiah 44: Jeremiah 44: the Jews in Egypt and the queen of heaven
The word concerns the Jews living in Egypt at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph and Pathros. The Lord reminds them of the evil he brought on Jerusalem and the… - Jeremiah 45: Jeremiah 45: a word for Baruch
The chapter is the word Jeremiah speaks to Baruch the son of Neriah after Baruch has written these words in a book at Jeremiah's mouth, in the fourth… - Jeremiah 46: Jeremiah 46: the word against Egypt at Carchemish and in her own land
The word of the Lord against the Gentiles begins with Egypt. The first oracle names the army of Pharaoh-necho at the river Euphrates in Carchemish… - Jeremiah 47: Jeremiah 47: the word against the Philistines
The word of the Lord comes against the Philistines before Pharaoh smote Gaza. Waters rise out of the north as an overflowing flood that will cover… - Jeremiah 48: Jeremiah 48: the judgment of Moab
The word against Moab opens with woe on Nebo, spoiled, Kiriathaim taken and Misgab dismayed. In Heshbon evil is devised to cut it off from being a… - Jeremiah 49: Jeremiah 49: words against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor and Elam
Concerning the Ammonites, the Lord asks whether Israel has no heir, that their king inherits Gad; an alarm of war will sound in Rabbah, and Israel… - Jeremiah 50: Jeremiah 50: the word against Babylon and the return of the lost sheep
The word the Lord speaks against Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah opens with a proclamation: Babylon is taken, Bel confounded… - Jeremiah 51: Jeremiah 51: the word against Babylon and the book to be sunk in Euphrates
A destroying wind is raised against Babylon and fanners sent to empty her land; archers spare none of her young men. Israel and Judah are not… - Jeremiah 52: Jeremiah 52: the fall of Jerusalem, the temple vessels and Jehoiachin's release
Zedekiah begins to reign at twenty-one and reigns eleven years; his mother is Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He does evil as Jehoiakim…
