A Letter to the Exiles

This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

Zephaniah the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

Restoration of Israel

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Jeremiah Buys a Field

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.

Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me:

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

Promise of Restoration

While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time:

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

Warning to Zedekiah

While Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms and peoples in the empire he ruled were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding towns, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Freedom for Slaves

The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

The Rekabites

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the whole family of the Rekabites.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

Then Jeremiah said to the family of the Rekabites, “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jehonadab and have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.’

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple.

Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord’s temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll.

From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.