to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

The Almond Branch and Boiling Pot

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

Judah’s Apostasy

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

You generation, look to the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You’?

To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become for them a rebuke; They take no delight in it.

“Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord!’”

The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Now hear the word of the Lord, you women, And let your ears receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And have every woman teach her neighbor a song of mourning.

So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.

Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the drought:

Distresses Foretold

The word of the Lord also came to me, saying,

Look, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”

and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold I am going to bring a disaster upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.

For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted In taunting and derision all day long.

“Then say to the household of the king of Judah, ‘Hear the word of the Lord,

and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.

O land, land, land, Hear the word of the Lord!

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,