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The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
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Jeremiah’s Call and Commission
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
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The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
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Jeremiah Proclaims God’s Judgment on the Nation
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Israel and Judah Have Broken the Covenant
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Jeremiah’s Life Threatened
It was the Lord who made it known to me, and I knew; then you showed me their deeds.
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Jeremiah Complains to God
You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
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God Replies to Jeremiah
If you have raced with runners and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if you trust in a safe land, how will you fare in the thickets of the Jordan?
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The Great Drought
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
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Jeremiah Complains Again and Is Reassured
Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
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Jeremiah’s Celibacy and Message
The word of the Lord came to me:
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Jeremiah Prays for Vindication
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
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The Potter and the Clay
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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A Plot against Jeremiah
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
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When Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people:
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Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur
Now the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
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Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
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The next morning when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord has named you not Pashhur but ‘Terror-all-around.’
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Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors
O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed; you have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
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Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadrezzar
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, saying,
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Then Jeremiah said to them:
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And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs—the good figs very good and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
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The Babylonian Captivity Foretold
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah (that was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon),
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which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
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I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.