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The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
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The Call of Jeremiah
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
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False Religion Worthless
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Jeremiah’s Prayer
Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.
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The Covenant Is Broken
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Plot Against Jeremiah
Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing.
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Jeremiah’s Complaint
You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
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Drought, Famine, Sword
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
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At the Potter’s House
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”
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Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the Lord’s temple and said to all the people,
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Jeremiah and Pashhur
When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
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he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.
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The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.
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Jeremiah’s Complaint
You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.
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God Rejects Zedekiah’s Request
The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said:
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But Jeremiah answered them, “Tell Zedekiah,
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Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”
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Seventy Years of Captivity
The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem:
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I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations.
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Jeremiah Threatened With Death
Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord:
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The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.
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But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, “You must die!
