Category Archives: Yirmeyahu (Jer)

1 This is the word that came to Yirmeyahu fromAdonaiwhen King Tzidkiyahu sent to him Pash’chur the son of Malkiyah and Tz’fanyah the son of Ma‘aseiyah with this message: 2 “Please consultAdonaifor us, because N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel is making war on us. MaybeAdonaiwill perform a miracle for us and cause him to withdraw.” 3 […]

1 Adonaisaid, “Go down to the house of the king of Y’hudah and there speak this word: 2 ‘King of Y’hudah occupying David’s throne, hear the word ofAdonai— you, your servants and your people who enter through these gates. 3 This is whatAdonaisays: “Do what is right and just; rescue the wronged from their oppressors; […]

1 “Oh no! The shepherds are destroying and scattering the sheep in my pasture!” saysAdonai. 2 Therefore this is whatAdonai, the God of Isra’el, says against the shepherds who shepherd my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away and not taken care of them. So I will ‘take care of’ you because of […]

1 It was after N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel had carried Y’khanyahu the son of Y’hoyakim, king of Y’hudah, along with the leaders of Y’hudah, the artisans and the skilled workers into exile from Yerushalayim and brought them to Bavel, thatAdonaigave me a vision. There, in front of the temple ofAdonai, two baskets of figs were […]

1 This is the word that came to Yirmeyahu concerning all the people of Y’hudah in the fourth year of Y’hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y’hudah; this was also the first year of N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel. 2 Yirmeyahu the prophet proclaimed it before all the people of Y’hudah and all the inhabitants […]

1 At the beginning of the reign of Y’hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y’hudah, this word came fromAdonai: 2 “Adonaisays: ‘Stand in the courtyard ofAdonai’s house and speak to the people from all the cities in Y’hudah who come to worship atAdonai’s house; say everything I order you to say to them, and […]

1 At the beginning of the reign of Y’hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y’hudah, this word came to Yirmeyahu fromAdonai: 2 “Adonaisays this to me: ‘Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars, and put it on your neck. 3 Send [similar yokes] to the kings of Edom, of Mo’av, of the people […]

1 That same year, at the beginning of the reign of Tzidkiyahu king of Y’hudah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananyah the son of ‘Azur the prophet, from Giv‘on, spoke to me inAdonai’s house in front of thecohanimand all the people, saying, 2 “This is whatAdonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Isra’el, says: ‘I […]

1 Following is the text of the letter Yirmeyahu the prophet sent from Yerushalayim to the leaders remaining in exile, as well as to thecohanim, the prophets and all the people N’vukhadnetzar had carried off captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel. 2 This was after Y’khanyah the king, the queen mother, the officers, the leaders of […]

1 This word came to Yirmeyahu fromAdonai: 2 “This is whatAdonaithe God of Isra’el says: ‘Write all the words I have spoken to you in a scroll. 3 For the day is coming,’ saysAdonai, ‘when I will reverse the exile of my people Isra’el and Y’hudah,’ saysAdonai.‘I will cause them to return to the land […]