Category Archives: Yirmeyahu (Jer)

1 Here is the word that came to Yirmeyahu fromAdonai: 2 “Listen to the words of this covenant; then speak to the people of Y’hudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; 3 tell them thatAdonaithe God of Isra’el says: ‘A curse on anyone who does not pay attention to the words of this covenant, 4 which […]

1 Adonai, although you would be in the right if I were to dispute with you, nevertheless I want to discuss some points of justice with you: Why do the wicked prosper? Why do the treacherous all thrive? 2 You planted them, and they took root; they grow, and they bear fruit. You are near […]

1 Adonaisaid to me, “Go, buy yourself a linen loincloth, and wrap it around your body; but don’t soften it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth, asAdonaihad said, and put it on. 3 Then the word ofAdonaicame to me a second time: 4 “Take the loincloth you bought and are wearing, get up, […]

1 The word ofAdonaithat came to Yirmeyahu concerning the drought: 2 “Y’hudah is mourning, her gates are languishing; they sit on the ground in gloom; Yerushalayim sends up a cry of anguish. 3 Her nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water, so they return with empty jars. […]

1 ThenAdonaisaid to me, “Even if Moshe and Sh’mu’el were standing in front of me, my heart would not turn toward this people! Drive them out of my sight, get them out of here! 2 And when they ask you where they should go, tell them that this is whatAdonaisays: ‘Those destined for death — […]

1 This word ofAdonaicame to me: 2 “You are not to marry or have sons and daughters in this place. 3 For this is whatAdonaisays concerning the sons and daughters born here, as well as their mothers who gave birth to them and their fathers who conceived them in this land: 4 ‘They will die […]

1 “Y’hudah’s sin is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars. 2 As they remember their children, so they remember their altars and their sacred poles by the green trees on the high hills. 3 My mountain […]

1 This word came to Yirmeyahu fromAdonai: 2 “Get up, and go down to the potter’s house; there I will tell you more.” 3 So I went down to the house of the potter; and there he was, working at the wheels. 4 Whenever a pot he made came out imperfect, the potter took the […]

1 Adonaithen said, “Go; buy a clay jar from the potter; take some of the people’s leaders and some of the leadingcohanim; 2 and go out into the Ben-Hinnom Valley, by the entry to the Potsherd Gate. There you are to proclaim the words I am about to tell you. 3 Say: ‘Hear the word […]

1 Now when thecohenPash’chur son of Immer, chief official in the house ofAdonai, heard Yirmeyahu prophesying these things, 2 he had him flogged and put him in the stocks at the Upper Binyamin Gate of the house ofAdonai. 3 The following morning, when Pash’chur led Yirmeyahu out of the stocks, Yirmeyahu said to him, “Adonaino […]