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He named me while I was 
in my mother’s womb. 2 He made my words like a sharp sword;
  he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow;
  he hid me in his quiver. 3 He said to me, “You are my servant,
  Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
 4 But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
  I have spent my strength for nothing 
and futility;
  yet my vindication is with the Lord,
  and my reward is with my God. 5 And now , says the Lord,
  who formed me from the womb to be 
his servant,
  to bring Jacob back to him
  so that Israel might be gathered to him;
  for I am honored in the sight 
of the Lord,
  and my God is my strength —
 6 he says,
  “It is not enough for you to be 
my servant
  raising up the tribes of Jacob
  and restoring the protected ones 
of Israel. I will also make you a light 
for the nations,
  to be my salvation to the ends 
of the earth.”
 7 This is what the Lord,
  the Redeemer of Israel, 
his Holy One, says
  to one who is despised,
  to one abhorred by people,  b
  to a servant of rulers:
  “Kings will see, princes will stand up,
  and they  c will all bow down
  because of the Lord, who is faithful,
  the Holy One of Israel  —  
and he has chosen you.”
8  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  I will answer you in a time of favor,
  and I will help you in the day 
of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you
  to be a covenant for the people,
  to restore the land,
  to make them possess 
the desolate inheritances,
 9 saying to the prisoners: Come out,
  and to those who are in darkness: 
Show yourselves.


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They will feed along the pathways,
  and their pastures will be on all 
the barren heights. 10 They will not hunger or thirst,
  the scorching heat or sun will not 
strike them;
  for their compassionate one 
will guide them,
  and lead them to springs. 11 I will make all my mountains 
into a road,
  and my highways will be raised up. 12 See, these will come from far away ,
  from the north and from the west,  d
  and from the land of Sinim. e,f
 13 Shout for joy , you heavens! Earth, rejoice!


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Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted  
his people,
  and will have compassion 
on his afflicted ones. ZION REMEMBERED
 14 Zion says, “The Lord  
has abandoned me;
  the Lord has forgotten me! ”
 15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
  or lack compassion for the child 
of her womb? Even if these forget,
  yet I will not forget you.


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16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms 
of my hands;
  your walls are continually before me. 17 Your builders g hurry;
a49:1 Or Islands   b49:7 Or by the nation   c49:7 Lit princes and they   d49:12 Lit sea   e49:12 DSS read of the Syenites    
f49:12 Perhaps modern Aswan in southern Egypt   g49:17 DSS, Aq, Theod, Vg; MT , Syr , Sym read sons
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They all gather together; they come 
to you. As I live” —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  “you will wear all your children  a 
as jewelry ,
  and put them on as a bride does. 19 For your waste and desolate places
  and your land marked by ruins —
  will now be indeed too small 
for the inhabitants,
  and those who swallowed you up 
will be far away . 20 Yet as you listen, the children
  that you have been deprived of will say ,
  ‘This place is too small for me;
  make room for me so that I may settle.’
 21 Then you will say within yourself,
  ‘Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children 
and unable to conceive,
  exiled and wandering —
  but who brought them up?


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See, I was left by myself —
  but these, where did they come from? ’ ” b
22  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Look, I will lift up my hand 
to the nations,
  and raise my banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms,
  and your daughters will be carried 
on their shoulders. 23 Kings will be your guardians
  and their queens  c 
your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you
  with their faces to the ground
  and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord;
  those who put their hope in me
  will not be put to shame. 24 Can the prey be taken from 
a mighty man,
  or the captives of a tyrant  d 
be delivered? 25 For this is what the Lord says:
  “Even the captives of a mighty man 
will be taken,
  and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered;
  I will contend with the one 
who contends with you,
  and I will save your children. 26 I will make your oppressors eat 
their own flesh,
  and they will be drunk 
with their own blood
  as with sweet wine. Then all people will know
  that I, the Lord, am your Savior,
  and your Redeemer, the Mighty One 
of Jacob.”
50 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
Where is your mother’s 
divorce certificate
  that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors 
did I sell you?


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Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
  and your mother was sent away
  because of your transgressions. 2 Why was no one there when I came?


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Or do I have no power to rescue? Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;
  I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
  their fish rot because of lack of water
  and die of thirst. 3 I dress the heavens in black
  and make sackcloth their clothing. THE OBEDIENT SERVANT
 4 The Lord God has given me
  the tongue of those who are instructed
  to know how to sustain the weary 
with a word. He awakens me each morning;
  he awakens my ear to listen like those 
being instructed. 5 The Lord God has opened my ear,
  and I was not rebellious;
  I did not turn back. 6 I gave my back to those who beat me,
  and my cheeks to those who tore out 
my beard. I did not hide my face from scorn 
and spitting. 7 The Lord God will help me;
  therefore I have not been humiliated;
a49:18 Lit all of them   b49:21 Lit where are they   c49:23 Lit princesses   d49:24 DSS, Syr , Vg; MT reads a righteous man
 647 ISAIAH 49-50
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  therefore I have set my face like flint,
  and I know I will not be put to shame. 8 The one who vindicates me is near;
  who will contend with me? Let us confront each other.


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a
  Who has a case against me? b
  Let him come near me! 9 In truth, the Lord God will help me;
  who will condemn me? Indeed, all of them will wear out 
like a garment;
  a moth will devour them. 10 Who among you fears the Lord
  and listens to his servant?


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Who among you walks in darkness,
  and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord;
  let him lean on his God. 11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,
  who encircle yourselves with  c torches;
  walk in the light of your fire
  and of the torches you have lit! This is what you’ll get from my hand:
  you will lie down in a place of torment. SALVATION FOR ZION
51 
Listen to me, you 
who pursue righteousness,
  you who seek the Lord:
  Look to the rock from which 
you were cut,
  and to the quarry from which 
you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father,
  and to Sarah who gave birth to you.


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When I called him, he was only one;
  I blessed him and made him many . 3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;
  he will comfort all her waste places,
  and he will make her wilderness 
like Eden,
  and her desert like the garden 
of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her,
  thanksgiving and melodious song. 4 Pay attention to me, my people,
  and listen to me, my nation;
  for instruction will come from me,
  and my justice for a light  
to the nations. I will bring it about quickly . 5 My righteousness is near,
  my salvation appears,
  and my arms will bring justice 
to the nations. The coasts and islands will put 
their hope in me,
  and they will look to my strength. d
 6 Look up to the heavens,
  and look at the earth beneath;
  for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
  the earth will wear out like a garment,
  and its inhabitants will die like gnats. e
  But my salvation will last forever,
  and my righteousness will never 
be shattered. 7 Listen to me, you who 
know righteousness,
  the people in whose heart is 
my instruction:
  do not fear disgrace by men,
  and do not be shattered by their taunts. 8 For moths will devour them 
like a garment,
  and worms will eat them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever,
  and my salvation for all generations. 9 Wake up, wake up! Arm of the Lord, clothe yourself with 
strength. Wake up as in days past,
  as in generations long ago. Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab 
to pieces,
  who pierced the sea monster? 10 Wasn’t it you who dried up the sea,
  the waters of the great deep,
  who made the sea-bed into a road
  for the redeemed to pass over? 11 And the redeemed of the Lord  
will return
  and come to Zion with singing,
  crowned with unending joy . Joy and gladness will overtake them,
  and sorrow and sighing will flee.


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Who are you that you should 
fear humans who die,
  or a son of man who is given up 
like grass? a50:8 Lit us stand   b50:8 Lit Who is lord of my judgment   c50:11 Syr reads who set ablaze   d51:5 Lit arm   e51:6 Or die in 
like manner
ISAIAH 50-51 648
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 13 But you have forgotten the Lord, 
your Maker,
  who stretched out the heavens
  and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long
  because of the fury of the oppressor,
  who has set himself to destroy .


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But where is the fury of the oppressor? 14 The prisoner  a is soon to be set free;
  he will not die and go to the Pit,
  and his food will not be lacking. 15 For I am the Lord your God
  who stirs up the sea so that 
its waves roar —
  his name is the Lord of Armies. 16 I have put my words in your mouth,
  and covered you in the shadow 
of my hand,
  in order to plant  b the heavens,
  to found the earth,
  and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”
 17 Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem,
  you who have drunk the cup of his fury
  from the Lord’s hand;
  you who have drunk the goblet 
to the dregs —
  the cup that causes people to stagger. 18 There is no one to guide her
  among all the children she has raised;
  there is no one to take hold of her hand
  among all the offspring 
she has brought up. 19 These two things have happened 
to you:
  devastation and destruction,
  famine and sword. Who will grieve for you?


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How can I c comfort you? 20 Your children have fainted;
  they lie at the head of every street
  like an antelope in a net. They are full of the Lord’s fury ,
  the rebuke of your God. 21 So listen to this, suffering
  and drunken one  —  but not with wine. 22 This is what your Lord says —
  the Lord, even your God,
  who defends his people —
  “Look, I have removed from your hand
  the cup that causes staggering;
  that goblet, the cup of my fury . You will never drink it again. 23 I will put it into the hands 
of your tormentors,
  who said to you:
  Lie down, so we can walk over you. You made your back like the ground,
  and like a street for those who walk 
on it. 52 
“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments,
  Jerusalem, the Holy City! For the uncircumcised and the unclean
  will no longer enter you. 2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!


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Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds  d from your neck,
  captive Daughter Zion.”
 3 For this is what the Lord says:
  “You were sold for nothing,
  and you will be redeemed 
without silver.”
 4 For this is what the Lord God says:
  “ At first my people went down to Egypt 
to reside there,
  then Assyria oppressed them 
without cause. e
 5 So now what have I here” —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  “that my people are taken away 
for nothing?


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Its rulers wail” —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  “and my name is continually 
blasphemed all day long. 6 Therefore my people will know 
my name;
  therefore they will know on that day
  that I am he who says:
  Here I am.”
 7 How beautiful on the mountains
  are the feet of the herald,
  who proclaims peace,
  who brings news of good things,
  who proclaims salvation,
  who says to Zion, “Your God reigns! ”
 8 The voices of your watchmen —
  they lift up their voices,
a51:14 Hb obscure   b51:16 Syr reads to stretch out   c51:19 DSS, LXX, Syr , Vg read you? Who can   d52:2 Alt Hb tradition reads  
The bonds are removed   e52:4 Or them at last, or  them for nothing
 649 ISAIAH 51-52
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  shouting for joy together;
  for every eye will see
  when the Lord returns to Zion. 9 Be joyful, rejoice together,
  you ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted his people;
  he has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The Lord has displayed his holy arm
  in the sight of all the nations;
  all the ends of the earth will see
  the salvation of our God. 11 Leave, leave, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean;
  go out from her, purify yourselves,
  you who carry the vessels of the Lord. 12 For you will not leave in a hurry ,
  and you will not have to take flight;
  because the Lord is going before you,
  and the God of Israel is  
 rear guard. THE SERVANT’S SUFFERING AND EXALTATION
 13 See, my servant a will be successful;  b
  he will be raised and lifted up 
and greatly exalted. 14 Just as many were appalled at you  c —
  his appearance was so disfigured
  that he did not look like a man,
  and his form did not resemble 
a human being —
 15 so he will sprinkle many nations.


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d
  Kings will shut their mouths 
because of him,
  for they will see 
what had not been told them,
  and they will understand 
what they had not heard. 53 
Who has believed 
what we have heard?


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e
  And to whom has the arm of the Lord  
been revealed? 2 He grew up before him 
like a young plant
  and like a root out of dry ground.


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He didn’t have an impressive form
  or majesty that we should look at him,
  no appearance that we should 
desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men,
  a man of suffering who knew 
what sickness was. He was like someone 
people turned away from;  f
  he was despised, and we didn’t 
value him. 4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
  and he carried our pains;
  but we in turn regarded him stricken,
  struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced because of 
our rebellion,
  crushed because of our iniquities;
  punishment for our peace was on him,
  and we are healed by his wounds. 6 We all went astray like sheep;
  we all have turned to our own way;
  and the Lord has punished him
  for  g the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
  yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter
  and like a sheep silent 
before her shearers,
  he did not open his mouth. 8 He was taken away because of 
oppression and judgment;
  and who considered his fate? h
  For he was cut off from the land 
of the living;
  he was struck because of 
my people’s rebellion. 9 He was assigned a grave 
with the wicked,
  but he was with a rich man at his death,
  because he had done no violence
  and had not spoken deceitfully . 10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him 
severely . i
  When  j you make him a guilt offering,
  he will see his seed, he will prolong 
his days,
  and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure 
will be accomplished. 11 After his anguish,
  he will see light  k and be satisfied. By his knowledge,
  my righteous servant will justify many ,
a52:13 Tg adds the Messiah   b52:13 Or will act wisely   c52:14 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg read him   d52:15 LXX reads so many 
nations will marvel at him   e53:1 Or believed our report   f53:3 Lit And like a hiding of faces from him   g53:6 Or has placed 
on him ; lit with   h53:8 Or and as for his generation, who considered him? i53:10 Or him; he made him sick.


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j53:10 Or If   
k53:11 DSS, LXX; MT omits light
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  and he will carry their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him  a the many 
as a portion,
  and he will receive  b the mighty as spoil,
  because he willingly submitted 
to death,
  and was counted among the rebels;
  yet he bore the sin of many
  and interceded for the rebels. FUTURE GLORY FOR ISRAEL
54 
“Rejoice, childless one, who did not 
give birth;
  burst into song and shout,
  you who have not been in labor!


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For the children of the desolate one 
will be more
  than the children 
of the married woman,”
  says the Lord. 2 “Enlarge the site of your tent,
  and let your tent curtains 
be stretched out;
  do not hold back;
  lengthen your ropes,
  and drive your pegs deep. 3 For you will spread out to the right 
and to the left,
  and your descendants 
will dispossess nations
  and inhabit the desolate cities. 4 “Do not be afraid, for you will not 
be put to shame;
  don’t be humiliated, for you will not 
be disgraced.


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For you will forget the shame 
of your youth,
  and you will no longer remember
  the disgrace of your widowhood. 5 Indeed, your husband is your Maker —
  his name is the Lord of Armies —
  and the Holy One of Israel is 
your Redeemer;
  he is called the God of the whole earth. 6 For the Lord has called you,
  like a wife deserted and wounded 
in spirit,
  a wife of one’s youth 
when she is rejected,”
  says your God. 7 “I deserted you for a brief moment,
  but I will take you back 
with abundant compassion. 8 In a surge of anger
  I hid my face from you for a moment,
  but I will have compassion on you
  with everlasting love,”
  says the Lord your Redeemer. 9 “For this is like the days  c of Noah to me:
  when I swore that the water of Noah
  would never flood the earth again,
  so I have sworn that I will not be angry 
with you
  or rebuke you. 10 Though the mountains move
  and the hills shake,
  my love will not be removed from you
  and my covenant of peace will not 
be shaken,”
  says your compassionate Lord. 11 “Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, 
and not comforted,
  I will set your stones in black mortar,  d
  and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli. 12 I will make your fortifications  e 
out of rubies,
  your gates out of sparkling stones,
  and all your walls out of 
precious stones. 13 Then all your children will be taught 
by the Lord,
  their prosperity will be great,
 14 and you will be established
  on a foundation of righteousness. You will be far from oppression,
  you will certainly not be afraid;
  you will be far from terror,
  it will certainly not come near you.


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15 If anyone attacks you,
  it is not from me;
  whoever attacks you
  will fall before you. 16 Look, I have created the craftsman
  who blows on the charcoal fire
  and produces a weapon suitable 
for its task;
  and I have created the destroyer 
to cause havoc. 17 No weapon formed against you 
will succeed,
  and you will refute any accusation  f
  raised against you in court. a53:12 Or him with   b53:12 Or receive with   c54:9 DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT , LXX read waters   d54:11 Lit in antimony    
e54:12 Lit suns ; perhaps shields ; Ps 84:11   f54:17 Lit refute every tongue
 651 ISAIAH 53-54
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  This is the heritage 
of the Lord’s servants,
  and their vindication is from me.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. COME TO THE LORD
55 
“Come, everyone who is thirsty ,
come to the water;
  and you without silver,
  come, buy , and eat! Come, buy wine and milk
  without silver and without cost!


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2 Why do you spend silver on what 
is not food,
  and your wages on what 
does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat 
what is good,
  and you will enjoy the choicest 
of foods. a
 3 Pay attention and come to me;
  listen, so that you will live.


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I will make a permanent covenant 
with you
  on the basis of the faithful kindnesses 
of David. b
 4 Since I have made him a witness 
to the peoples,
  a leader and commander 
for the peoples,
 5 so you will summon a nation 
you do not know ,
  and nations who do not know you 
will run to you. For the Lord your God,
  even the Holy One of Israel,
  has glorified you.”
 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
  call to him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked one abandon his way
  and the sinful one his thoughts;
  let him return to the Lord,
  so he may have compassion on him,
  and to our God, for he will 
freely forgive. 8 “For my thoughts are not 
your thoughts,
  and your ways are not my ways.”
  This is the Lord’s declaration. 9 “For as heaven is higher than earth,
  so my ways are higher than your ways,
  and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For just as rain and snow fall 
from heaven
  and do not return there
  without saturating the earth
  and making it germinate and sprout,
  and providing seed to sow
  and food to eat,
 11 so my word that comes  
from my mouth
  will not return to me empty ,
  but it will accomplish what I please
  and will prosper in what I send it to do.”
 12 You will indeed go out with joy
  and be peacefully guided;
  the mountains and the hills will break 
into singing before you,
  and all the trees of the field will clap 
their hands. 13 Instead of the thornbush, a cypress 
will come up,
  and instead of the brier, a myrtle 
will come up;
  this will stand as a monument for the 
Lord,
  an everlasting sign that will not 
be destroyed. A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL
56 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
Preserve justice and do what is right,
  for my salvation is coming soon,
  and my righteousness will be revealed.


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2 Happy is the person who does this,
  the son of man who holds it fast,
  who keeps the Sabbath 
without desecrating it,
  and keeps his hand from doing 
any evil. 3 No foreigner who has joined himself 
to the Lord
  should say ,
  “The Lord will exclude me 
from his people,”
  and the eunuch should not say ,
  “Look, I am a dried-up tree.”
 4 For the Lord says this:
  “For the eunuchs who keep 
my Sabbaths,
  and choose what pleases me,
  and hold firmly to my covenant,
a55:2 Lit enjoy fatness   b55:3 Or with you, the faithful acts of kindness shown to David
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 5 I will give them, in my house 
and within my walls,
  a memorial and a name
  better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them 
an everlasting name
  that will never be cut off. 6 As for the foreigners who join 
themselves to the Lord
  to minister to him, to 
love the name of the Lord,
  and to become his servants —
  all who keep the Sabbath 
without desecrating it
  and who hold firmly to my covenant —
 7 I will bring them to my holy mountain
  and let them rejoice in my house 
of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
  will be acceptable on my altar,
  for my house will be called a house 
of prayer
  for all nations.”
 8 This is the declaration of the Lord God,
  who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
  “I will gather to them still others
  besides those already gathered.”
UNRIGHTEOUS LEADERS CONDEMNED
 9 All you animals of the field and forest,
  come and eat! 10 Israel’s a watchmen are blind, all of them,
  they know nothing;
  all of them are mute dogs,
  they cannot bark;
  they dream, lie down,
  and love to sleep.


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And they are shepherds
  who have no discernment;
  all of them turn to their own way ,
  every last one for his own profit. 12 “Come, let me get some wine,
  let’s guzzle some beer;
  and tomorrow will be like today ,
  only far better! ”
57 
The righteous person perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
  the faithful are taken away ,
  with no one realizing
  that the righteous person is taken away 
  because of  b evil. 2 He will enter into peace —
  they will rest on their beds  c —
  everyone who lives uprightly . PAGAN RELIGION DENOUNCED
 3 But come here,
  you witch’s sons,
  offspring of an adulterer 
and a prostitute! d
 4 Who are you mocking?


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Who are you opening your mouth
  and sticking out your tongue at? Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,
  you offspring of liars,
 5 who burn with lust among the oaks,
  under every green tree,
  who slaughter children in the wadis
  below the clefts of the rocks? 6 Your portion is 
among the smooth stones of the wadi;
  indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out 
a drink offering to them;
  you have offered a grain offering;
  should I be satisfied with these? 7 You have placed your bed
  on a high and lofty mountain;
  you also went up there 
to offer sacrifice. 8 You have set up your memorial
  behind the door and doorpost. For away from me, you stripped,
  went up, and made your bed wide,
  and you have made a bargain  e 
for yourself with them. You have loved their bed;
  you have gazed on their genitals. f,g
 9 You went to the king with oil
  and multiplied your perfumes;
  you sent your envoys far away
  and sent them down even to Sheol. 10 You became weary 
on your many journeys,
  but you did not say , “It’s hopeless! ”
  You found a renewal of your strength;  h
  therefore you did not grow weak.


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11 Who was it you dreaded and feared,
  so that you lied and didn’t 
remember me
  or take it to heart? a56:10 Or His, or Its   b57:1 Or taken away from the presence of   c57:2 Either their deathbeds or their graves   d57:3 Lit 
and she acted as a prostitute   e57:8 Lit you cut   f57:8 Lit hand   g57:8 In Hb, the word “hand” is probably a euphemism for 
genitals. h57:10 Lit found life of your hand
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  So you do not fear me. 12 I will announce your righteousness,
  and your works  —  they will not 
profit you. 13 When you cry out,
  let your collection of idols rescue you! The wind will carry all of them off,
  a breath will take them away .


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But whoever takes refuge in me
  will inherit the land
  and possess my holy mountain. HEALING AND PEACE
 14 He said,
  “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way ,
  remove every obstacle 
from my people’s way .”
 15 For the High and Exalted One,
  who lives forever, whose name is holy , 
says this:
  “I live in a high and holy place,
  and with the oppressed and lowly 
of spirit,
  to revive the spirit of the lowly
  and revive the heart of the oppressed. 16 For I will not accuse you forever,
  and I will not always be angry;
  for then the spirit would grow weak 
before me,
  even the breath, which I have made. 17 Because of his sinful greed I was angry ,
  so I struck him; I was angry and hid;
  but he went on turning back 
to the desires of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways,  
but I will heal him;
  I will lead him and restore comfort
  to him and his mourners,
 19 creating words of praise.”  b
  The Lord says,
  “Peace, peace to the one who is far 
or near,
  and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are 
like the storm-tossed sea,
  for it cannot be still,
  and its water churns up mire 
and muck.


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21 There is no peace for the wicked,”
  says my God. TRUE FASTING
58 
“Cry out loudly , c don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people their transgression
  and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 They seek me day after day
  and delight to know my ways,
  like a nation that does what is right
  and does not abandon the justice 
of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments;
  they delight in the nearness of God.”
 3 “Why have we fasted, 
but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, 
but you haven’t noticed! ” d
  “Look, you do as you please on the day 
of your fast,
  and oppress all your workers. 4 You fast with contention and strife
  to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today ,
  hoping to make your voice heard 
on high. 5 Will the fast I choose be like this:
  A day for a person to deny himself,
  to bow his head like a reed,
  and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast
  and a day acceptable to the Lord? 6 Isn’t this the fast I choose:
  To break the chains of wickedness,
  to untie the ropes of the yoke,
  to set the oppressed free,
  and to tear off every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread 
with the hungry ,
  to bring the poor and homeless 
into your house,
  to clothe the naked when you see him,
  and not to ignore your own flesh 
and blood? e
 8 Then your light will appear 
like the dawn,
  and your recovery will come quickly .


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Your righteousness will go before you,
  and the Lord’s glory will be 
your rear guard. 9 At that time, when you call, the Lord  
will answer;
  when you cry out, he will say , 
‘Here I am.’
a57:11 LXX reads And I, when I see you, I pass by   b57:19 Lit creating fruit of the lips   c58:1 Lit with throat   d58:3 These are 
Israel’s words to God. e58:7 Lit not hide yourself from your flesh
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  If you get rid of the yoke among you,
  the finger -pointing 
and malicious speaking,
 10 and if you offer yourself  a to the hungry ,
  and satisfy the afflicted one,
  then your light will shine 
in the darkness,
  and your night will be like noonday . 11 The Lord will always lead you,
  satisfy you in a parched land,
  and strengthen your bones.


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You will be like a watered garden
  and like a spring whose water 
never runs dry . 12 Some of you will rebuild 
the ancient ruins;
  you will restore the foundations laid 
long ago;
  you will be called the repairer 
of broken walls,
  the restorer of streets 
where people live. 13 “If you keep from desecrating  b 
the Sabbath,
  from doing whatever you want 
on my holy day;
  if you call the Sabbath a delight,
  and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
  if you honor it, not going 
your own ways,
  seeking your own pleasure, 
or talking business;  c,d
 14 then you will delight in the Lord,
  and I will make you ride 
over the heights of the land,
  and let you enjoy the heritage 
of your father Jacob.”
  For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. SIN AND REDEMPTION
59 
Indeed, the Lord’s arm is not 
too weak to save,
  and his ear is not too deaf to hear.


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2 But your iniquities are separating you
  from your God,
  and your sins have hidden his face 
from you
  so that he does not listen. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood
  and your fingers, with iniquity;
  your lips have spoken lies,
  and your tongues mutter injustice. 4 No one makes claims justly;
  no one pleads honestly . They trust in empty 
and worthless words;
  they conceive trouble and give birth 
to iniquity . 5 They hatch viper’s eggs
  and weave spider’s webs.


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Whoever eats their eggs will die;
  crack one open, and a viper is hatched. 6 Their webs cannot become clothing,
  and they cannot cover themselves 
with their works.


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Their works are sinful works,
  and violent acts are in their hands. 7 Their feet run after evil,
  and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
  ruin and wretchedness are 
in their paths. 8 They have not known the path of peace,
  and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked;
  no one who walks on them 
will know peace. 9 Therefore justice is far from us,
  and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness;
  for brightness, but we live in the night. 10 We grope along a wall like the blind;
  we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though 
it were twilight;
  we are like the dead among those 
who are healthy . 11 We all growl like bears
  and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none;
  for salvation, but it is far from us. 12 For our transgressions have multiplied 
before you,
  and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us,
  and we know our iniquities:
 13 transgression and deception 
against the Lord,
  turning away from following our God,
  speaking oppression and revolt,
  conceiving and uttering lying words 
from the heart. a58:10 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read offer your bread   b58:13 Lit keep your foot from   c58:13 Or idly   d58:13 Lit or speak  
a word
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 14 Justice is turned back,
  and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled 
in the public square,
  and honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is missing,
  and whoever turns from evil 
is plundered.


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The Lord saw that there was no justice,
  and he was offended. 16 He saw that there was no man —
  he was amazed that there was 
no one interceding;
  so his own arm brought salvation,
  and his own righteousness 
supported him. 17 He put on righteousness as body armor,
  and a helmet of salvation on his head;
  he put on garments of vengeance 
for clothing,
  and he wrapped himself in zeal 
as in a cloak. 18 So he will repay according to 
their deeds:
  fury to his enemies,
  retribution to his foes,
  and he will repay the coasts and 
islands. 19 They will fear the name of the Lord  
in the west
  and his glory in the east;  a
  for he will come like a rushing stream
  driven by the wind of the Lord. 20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion,
  and to those in Jacob who turn 
from transgression.”
  This is the Lord’s declaration. 21 “ As  for  me,  this  is  my cov enant  with  them,” 
 says  the  L ord: “ My Spir it  who  is  on  you,  and  my 
 words  that  I  have  put  in  your  mouth,  will  not 
de part  from  your  mouth,  or  from  the  mouths 
 of  your chil dren,  or  from  the  mouths  of  your 
chil dren’s chil dren,  from  now  on  and for ev er,” 
 says  the  L ord. THE LORD’S GLORY IN ZION
60 
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord shines 
over you.


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 2 For look, darkness will cover the earth,
  and total darkness the peoples;
  but the Lord will shine over you,
  and his glory will appear over you. 3 Nations will come to your light,
  and kings to your shining brightness. 4 Raise your eyes and look around:
  they all gather and come to you;
  your sons will come from far away ,
  and your daughters on the hips of 
nannies. 5 Then you will see and be radiant,
  and your heart will tremble 
and rejoice, c
  because the riches of the sea 
will become yours
  and the wealth of the nations will come 
to you. 6 Caravans of camels will cover 
your land d —
  young camels of Midian and Ephah —
  all of them will come from Sheba. They will carry gold and frankincense
  and proclaim the praises of the Lord. 7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered 
to you;
  the rams of Nebaioth will serve you
  and go up on my altar 
as an acceptable sacrifice. I will glorify my beautiful house.


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8 Who are these who fly like a cloud,
  like doves to their shelters? 9 Yes, the coasts and islands will wait 
for me
  with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,
  to bring your children from far away ,
  their silver and gold with them,
  for the honor of the Lord your God,
  the Holy One of Israel,
  who has glorified you. 10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls,
  and their kings will serve you.


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Although I struck you in my wrath,
  yet I will show mercy to you 
with my favor. 11 Your city gates will always be open;
  they will never be shut day or night
  so that the wealth of the nations
  may be brought into you,
  with their kings being led 
in procession. 12 For the nation and the kingdom
  that will not serve you will perish;
  those nations will be annihilated. a59:19 Lit sunrise   b60:1 = Jerusalem   c60:5 Lit expand   d60:6 Lit cover you
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 13 The glory of Lebanon will come 
to you —
  its pine, elm, and cypress together —
  to beautify the place of my sanctuary ,
  and I will glorify my dwelling place. a
 14 The sons of your oppressors
  will come and bow down to you;
  all who reviled you
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They will call you the City of the Lord,
  Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 Instead of your being deserted 
and hated,
  with no one passing through,
  I will make you an object of eternal pride,
  a joy from age to age. 16 You will nurse on the milk of nations,
  and nurse at the breast of kings;
  you will know that I, the Lord, 
am your Savior
  and Redeemer, the Mighty One 
of Jacob. 17 I will bring gold instead of bronze;
  I will bring silver instead of iron,
  bronze instead of wood,
  and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your government
  and righteousness as your overseers. 18 Violence will never again be heard of 
in your land;
  devastation and destruction
  will be gone from your borders. You will call your walls Salvation
  and your city gates Praise. 19 The sun will no longer be your light 
by day ,
  and the brightness of the moon 
will not shine on you. The Lord will be your everlasting light,
  and your God will be your splendor. 20 Your sun will no longer set,
  and your moon will not fade;
  for the Lord will be 
your everlasting light,
  and the days of your sorrow 
will be over. 21 All your people will be righteous;
  they will possess the land forever;
  they are the branch I planted,
  the work of my b hands,
  so that I may be glorified. 22 The least will become a thousand,
  the smallest a mighty nation.


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I am the Lord;
  I will accomplish it quickly in its time. MESSIAH’S JUBILEE
61 
The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
  to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal
 c 
the brokenhearted,
  to proclaim liberty to the captives
  and freedom to the prisoners;
 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
  and the day of our God’s vengeance;
  to comfort all who mourn,
 3 to provide for those who mourn 
in Zion;
  to give them a crown of beauty 
instead of ashes,
  festive oil instead of mourning,
  and splendid clothes 
instead of despair. d
  And they will be called righteous trees,
  planted by the Lord
  to glorify him.


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4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins;
  they will restore 
the former devastations;
  they will renew the ruined cities,
  the devastations of many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and feed 
your flocks,
  and foreigners will be your plowmen 
and vinedressers. 6 But you will be called 
the Lord’s priests;
  they will speak of you as ministers 
of our God;
  you will eat the wealth of the nations,
  and you will boast in their riches. 7 In place of your shame, you will have 
a double portion;
  in place of disgrace, they will rejoice 
over their share.


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So they will possess double 
in their land,
  and eternal joy will be theirs. 8 For I the Lord love justice;
  I hate robbery and injustice;  e
a60:13 Lit glorify the place of my feet   b60:21 LXX, DSS read his   c61:1 Lit bind up   d61:3 Lit a dim spirit   e61:8 Some Hb 
mss, DSS, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
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  I will faithfully reward my people
  and make a permanent covenant 
with them. 9 Their descendants will be known 
among the nations,
  and their posterity among the peoples.


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All who see them will recognize
  that they are a people the Lord  
has blessed. 10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
  I exult in my God;
  for he has clothed me 
with the garments of salvation
  and wrapped me in a robe 
of righteousness,
  as a groom wears a turban
  and as a bride adorns herself 
with her jewels. 11 For as the earth produces its growth,
  and as a garden enables what is sown 
to spring up,
  so the Lord God  
will cause righteousness and praise
  to spring up before all the nations. ZION’S RESTORATION
62 
I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still 
because of Jerusalem,
  until her righteousness shines 
like a bright light
  and her salvation, like a flaming torch. 2 Nations will see your righteousness
  and all kings, your glory .


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You will be given a new name
  that the Lord’s mouth will announce. 3 You will be a glorious crown 
in the Lord’s hand,
  and a royal diadem in the palm 
of your God’s hand. 4 You will no longer be called Deserted,
  and your land will not 
be called Desolate;
  instead, you will be called My Delight 
Is in Her, a
  and your land Married;  b
  for the Lord delights in you,
  and your land will be married. 5 For as a young man marries 
a young woman,
  so your sons will marry you;
  and as a groom rejoices over his bride,
  so your God will rejoice over you. 6 Jerusalem,
  I have appointed watchmen 
on your walls;
  they will never be silent, day or night. There is no rest for you,
  who remind the Lord. 7 Do not give him rest
  until he establishes 
and makes Jerusalem
  the praise of the earth. 8 The Lord has sworn with his right hand
  and his strong arm:
  I will no longer give your grain
  to your enemies for food,
  and foreigners will not drink 
the new wine
  for which you have labored. 9 For those who gather grain will eat it
  and praise the Lord,
  and those who harvest the grapes 
will drink the wine
  in my holy courts. 10 Go out, go out through the city gates;
  prepare a way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway;
  clear away the stones!


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Raise a banner for the peoples. 11 Look, the Lord has proclaimed
  to the ends of the earth,
  “Say to Daughter Zion:
  Look, your salvation is coming,
  his wages are with him,
  and his reward accompanies him.”
 12 And they will be called c the Holy People,
  the Lord’s Redeemed;
  and you will be called Cared For,
  A City Not Deserted. THE LORD’S DAY OF VENGEANCE
63 
Who is this coming from Edom
in crimson-stained garments 
from Bozrah —
  this one who is splendid in his apparel,
  striding in his formidable  d might? It is I, proclaiming vindication,  e
  powerful to save. a62:4 Or Hephzibah   b62:4 Or Beulah   c62:12 Lit will call them   d63:1 Syr , Vg read apparel, striding forward in   e63:1 Or 
righteousness
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 2 Why are your clothes red,
  and your garments like one who treads 
a winepress? 3 I trampled the winepress alone,
  and no one from the nations was 
with me. I trampled them in my anger
  and ground them underfoot in my fury;
  their blood spattered my garments,
  and all my clothes were stained. 4 For I planned the day of vengeance,
  and the year of my redemption  a came. 5 I looked, but there was no one to help,
  and I was amazed that no one assisted;
  so my arm accomplished victory 
for me,
  and my wrath assisted me. 6 I crushed nations in my anger;
  I made them drunk with my wrath
  and poured out their blood 
on the ground. REMEMBRANCE OF GRACE
 7 I will make known 
the Lord’s faithful love
  and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,
  because of all the Lord has done 
for us —
  even the many good things
  he has done for the house of Israel,
  which he did for them based on 
his compassion
  and the abundance of his faithful love. 8 He said, “They are indeed my people,
  children who will not be disloyal,”
  and he became their Savior.


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9 In all their suffering, he suffered,  b
  and the angel of his presence 
saved them. He redeemed them
  because of his love and compassion;
  he lifted them up and carried them
  all the days of the past. 10 But they rebelled
  and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy
  and fought against them. 11 Then he c remembered the days 
of the past,
  the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them 
out of the sea
  with the shepherds  d of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit 
among the flock? 12 He made his glorious strength
  available at the right hand of Moses,
  divided the water before them
  to make an eternal name for himself,
 13 and led them through the depths
  like a horse in the wilderness,
  so that they did not stumble. 14 Like cattle that go down into the valley ,
  the Spirit of the Lord gave them  e rest.


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You led your people this way
  to make a glorious name for yourself. ISRAEL’S PRAYER
 15 Look down from heaven and see
  from your lofty home  —  
holy and beautiful. Where is your zeal and your might?


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Your yearning  f and your compassion
  are withheld from me. 16 Yet you are our Father,
  even though Abraham does not 
know us
  and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, Lord, are our Father;
  your name is Our Redeemer
  from Ancient Times. 17 Why , Lord, do you make us stray 
from your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not 
fear g you. Return, because of your servants,
  the tribes of your heritage. 18 Your holy people had a possession  h
  for a little while,
  but our enemies have trampled down
  your sanctuary .


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19 We have become like those 
you never ruled,
  like those who did not bear your name. 64 
If only you would tear 
the heavens open
  and come down,
  so that mountains would quake 
at your presence —
 2 just as fire kindles brushwood,
  and fire boils water —
a63:4 Or blood retribution   b63:9 Alt Hb tradition reads did not suffer   c63:11 Or they   d63:11 LXX, Tg, Syr read shepherd   
e63:14 Lit him   f63:15 Lit The agitation of your inward parts   g63:17 Lit our heart from fearing   h63:18 Or Your people 
possessed your holy place
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  to mak e your name known 
to
 
your
 
enemies,
 
 so tha
t nations will
 
tremble 
at
 
your
 
presence! 3 When you did awesome  works
 
 tha
t we did not expect,
 
 y
ou came down,
 
 and the mountains quak
ed 
at
 
your
 
presence. 4 From ancient times no  one has heard,
 
 no one has
 
listened to,
 
 no ey
e has seen any
 
God except
 
you
 
 who acts on behalf of
 
the
 
one 
who
 
waits for
 
him. 5 You welcome the one who joyfully does 
wha
t
 
is
 
right;
 
 they remember y
ou in
 
your
 
ways. But w
e have sinned, and
 
you 
were
 
angry .


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Ho
w can we be saved if we remain in 
our sins? a
 6 All of us have become 
like
 
something
 
unclean,
 
 and all our righteous acts are
 
like
 
a
 
polluted b garment;
 
 all of us wither lik
e
 
a
 
leaf,
 
 and our iniquities carry us a
way 
like
 
the
 
wind. 7 No one calls on  your name,
 
 stri
ving to take hold of
 
you. For y
ou have hidden your
 
face from
 
us
 
 and made us melt because
 
of c ,d  
our
 
iniquity . 8 Yet Lord, you are our Father;
 
 w
e are the clay , and
 
you
 
are our
 
potter;
 
 w
e all are the work of
 
your
 
hands. 9 Lord, do not be  terribly  angry
 
 or remember our
 
iniquity
 
forever. Please look
  —
  all
 
of
 
us are  
your people! 10 Your holy cities have become 
a
 
wilderness;
 
 Zion has become a
 
wilderness,
 
 J
erusalem a
 
desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful e temple,
 
 where our f
athers praised
 
you,
 
 has been burned do
wn,
 
 and all tha
t was dear to
 
us lies in
 
ruins. 12 Lord, after all this, will  you 
restrain
 
yourself?


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W
ill you keep silent and
 
afflict 
us
 
severely? THE LORD’S RESPONSE
65 
“I was sought by  those 
who
 
did
 
not
 
ask;
 
 I w
as found by
 
those 
who
 
did
 
not
 
seek
 
me. I said, ‘Here
 
I
 
am, here
 
I
 
am,’
 
 to a na
tion that did
 
not
 
call 
on f my name. 2 I spread out my hands all day long
 
 to a re
bellious people
 
 who w
alk in
 
the
 
path that is not good,
 
 f
ollowing their
 
own
 
thoughts. 3 These people continually  anger me
 
 to m
y face,
 
 sacrificing in
 
gardens,
 
 burning incense on
 
bricks,
 4 sitting among  the graves,
 
 spending nights in
 
secret
 
places,
 
 ea
ting the meat of pigs,
 
 and putting polluted
 
broth 
in
 
their
 
bowls. g
 5 They say , ‘Keep to yourself,
 
 don’t come near me
, for I
 
am too
 
holy 
for
 y
ou!


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’
 
 These practices are
 
smoke 
in
 
my
 
nostrils,
 
 a fire tha
t burns all
 
day
 
long. 6 Look, it is written in front of me:
 
 I will not k
eep silent, but
 
I
 
will
 
repay;
 
 I will re
pay them
 
fully h
 7 for your iniquities and  the iniquities
  
of your i fathers together,”
 
 sa
ys the Lord. “Because they burned incense
 
on
 
the
 
mountains
 
 and re
proached me on
 
the
 
hills,
 
 I will re
ward them fully j
  f or their former deeds.”
8  The  L  ord  says  this:
 
 “
As the new wine is
 
found in
 
a
 
bunch 
of
 
grapes,
 
 and one sa
ys, ‘Don’t
 
destroy
 
it,
 
 f
or there’s some
 
good k in it,’
 
 so I will act because
 
of my
 
servants
 
 and not destro
y them
 
all. 9 I will produce descendants from  Jacob,
 
 and heirs to m
y mountains from
 
Judah;
a64:5 Lit angry; in them continually and we will be saved  ;  Hb obscure   b64:6 Lit menstrual   c64:7 LXX, Syr , Vg, Tg read and 
delivered us into the hand of 
  d64:7 Lit melt by the hand of   e64:11 Or glorious ;  Is 60:7   f65:1 Or that was not called 
by 
  g65:3-4 These vv . describe pagan worship.


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h65:6 Lit repay into their lap   i65:7 LXX, Syr read for their iniquities and the 
iniquities of their 
  j65:7 Lit reward into their lap   k65:8 Or there’s a blessing
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  my chosen ones will possess it,
  and my servants will dwell there. 10 Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,
  and the V alley of Achor a place 
for herds to lie down,
  for my people who have sought me. 11 But you who abandon the Lord,
  who forget my holy mountain,
  who prepare a table for Fortune
  and fill bowls of mixed wine 
for Destiny , a
 12 I will destine you for the sword,
  and all of you will kneel down 
to be slaughtered,
  because I called 
and you did not answer,
  I spoke and you did not hear;
  you did what was evil in my sight
  and chose what I did not delight in.”
13 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  “My servants will eat,
  but you will be hungry;
  my servants will drink,
  but you will be thirsty;
  my servants will rejoice,
  but you will be put to shame. 14 My servants will shout for joy 
from a glad heart,
  but you will cry out 
from an anguished heart,
  and you will lament out of 
a broken spirit.


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15 You will leave your name behind
  as a curse for my chosen ones,
  and the Lord God will kill you;
  but he will give his servants 
another name. 16 Whoever asks for a blessing in the land
  will ask for a blessing by the God 
of truth,
  and whoever swears in the land
  will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles 
will be forgotten
  and hidden from my sight. A NEW CREATION
 17 “For I will create a new heaven 
and a new earth;
  the past events will not be remembered 
or come to mind. 18 Then be glad and rejoice forever
  in what I am creating;
  for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
  and its people to be a delight. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
  and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping and crying
  will no longer be heard in her. 20 In her, a nursing infant 
will no longer live
  only a few days, b
  or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred 
years old 
  will be mourned as a young man,  c 
  and the one who misses 
a hundred years
  will be considered cursed. 21 People will build houses and live 
in them;
  they will plant vineyards and eat 
their fruit.


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22 They will not build and others live 
in them;
  they will not plant and others eat. For my people’s lives will be
  like the lifetime of a tree. My chosen ones will fully enjoy
  the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor without success
  or bear children destined for disaster,
  for they will be a people blessed 
by the Lord
  along with their descendants. 24 Even before they call, I will answer;
  while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb 
will feed together, d
  and the lion will eat straw like cattle,
  but the serpent’s food will be dust! They will not do what is evil or destroy
  on my entire holy mountain,”
  says the Lord.


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FINAL JUDGMENT AND JOYOUS RESTORATION
66 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
Heaven is my throne,
  and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house 
for me?


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And where would my resting place be? 2 My hand made all these things,
a65:11 Pagan gods   b65:20 Lit her, no longer infant of days   c65:20 Lit the youth of a hundred years will die   d65:25 Lit  
as one
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This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind 
of person:
  one who is humble, submissive a in spirit,
  and trembles at my word. 3 One person slaughters an ox, 
another kills a person;
  one person sacrifices a lamb, 
another breaks a dog’s neck;
  one person offers a grain offering, 
another offers pig’s blood;
  one person offers incense, 
another praises an idol —
  all these have chosen their ways
  and delight 
in their abhorrent practices. 4 So I will choose their punishment,
  and I will bring on them 
what they dread
  because I called and no one answered;
  I spoke and they did not listen;
  they did what was evil in my sight
  and chose what I did not delight in. 5 You who tremble at his word,
  hear the word of the Lord:
  “Your brothers who hate 
and exclude you
  for my name’s sake have said,
  ‘Let the Lord be glorified
  so that we can see your joy! ’
  But they will be put to shame.”
 6 A sound of uproar from the city!


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A voice from the temple —
  the voice of the Lord,
  paying back his enemies 
what they deserve! 7 Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;
  before she was in pain, she delivered 
a boy . 8 Who has heard of such a thing?


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Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day
  or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,
  she gave birth to her sons. 9 “Will I bring a baby to the point of birth
  and not deliver it? ”
  says the Lord;
  “or will I who deliver,  
close the womb?


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”
  says your God. 10 Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice 
over her,
  all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her,
  all who mourn over her —
 11 so that you may nurse and be satisfied
  from her comforting breast
  and drink deeply 
and delight yourselves
  from her glorious breasts. 12  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  I will make peace flow to her 
like a river,
  and the wealth b of nations  
like a flood;
  you will nurse and be carried 
on her hip
  and bounced on her lap. 13 As a mother comforts her son,
  so I will comfort you,
  and you will be comforted 
in Jerusalem. 14 You will see, you will rejoice,
  and you  c will flourish like grass;
  then the Lord’s power will be revealed 
to his servants,
  but he will show his wrath 
against his enemies. 15 Look, the Lord will come with fire —
  his chariots are like the whirlwind —
  to execute his anger with fury
  and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For the Lord will execute judgment
  on all people with his fiery sword,
  and many will be slain by the Lord. 17 “ Those  who ded i cate  and pu ri fy them selves 
 to en ter  the  groves fol low ing  their lead er, d 
eat ing  meat  from  pigs, vermin, e  and  rats,  will 
per ish to geth er.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 18 “Know ing f  their  works  and  their  thoughts, 
 I  have  come  to gath er  all na tions  and lan guages; 
 they  will  come  and  see  my glo ry . 19  I  will es-
tab lish  a  sign  among  them,  and  I  will  send 
sur vi vors  from  them  to  the na tions  —   to Tar-
shish,  Put, g  Lud ( who  are ar chers), Tu bal, Ja van, 
a66:2 Lit broken   b66:12 Or glory   c66:14 Lit your bones   d66:17 Hb obscure   e66:17 Lit abhorrent things   f66:18 LXX, Syr; 
MT omits Knowing   g66:19 LXX; MT reads Pul
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 and  the  coasts  and is lands  far  away  —   who 
 have  not  heard  about  me  or  seen  my glo ry . And  they  will pro claim  my glo ry  among  the 
na tions. 20  They  will  bring  all  your broth ers 
 from  all  the na tions  as  a  gift  to  the  L ord  on 
hors es  and char i ots,  in litters,  and  on  mules 
 and cam els,  to  my  holy moun tain Je ru sa lem,” 
 says  the  L ord, “ just  as  the Is ra el ites  bring  an 
off  er ing  in  a  clean ves sel  to  the  house  of  the 
 L ord. 21  I  will  also  take  some  of  them  as  priests 
 and Le vites,”  says  the  L ord.


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22 “For just as the new heavens 
and the new earth,
  which I will make,
  will remain before me” —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  “so your offspring and your name 
will remain. 23 All mankind will come to worship me
  from one New Moon to another
  and from one Sabbath to another,”
  says the Lord. 24 “ As  they  leave,  they  will  see  the  dead bod-
ies  of  those  who  have re belled  against  me; 
 for  their  worm  will nev er  die,  their  fire  will 
nev er  go  out,  and  they  will  be  a hor ror  to  all 
man kind.”
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Jeremiah
1 
 The  words  of Jer e mi ah,  the  son  of Hil ki ah, 
 one  of  the  priests liv ing  in An a thoth  in  the 
ter ri to ry  of Ben ja min. 2  The  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to  him  in  the thir teenth  year  of  the  reign 
 of Jo si ah  son  of  Amon,  king  of Ju dah. 3  It  also 
 came through out  the  days  of Je hoi a kim  son 
 of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah, un til  the  fifth  month 
 of  the elev enth  year  of Zed e ki ah  son  of Jo si ah, 
 king  of Ju dah,  when  the peo ple  of Je ru sa lem 
 went  into ex ile. THE CALL OF JEREMIAH
4  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me:
 5 I chose you before I formed you 
in the womb;
  I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a prophet 
to the nations.


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6  But  I pro test ed, “ Oh  no,  Lord  G od! Look, 
 I  don’t  know  how  to  speak  since  I  am  only 
 a  youth.”
7  Then  the  L ord  said  to  me:
  Do not say , “I am only a youth,”
  for you will go to everyone I send you to
  and speak whatever I tell you. 8 Do not be afraid of anyone,
  for I will be with you to rescue you. This is the Lord’s declaration. 9  Then  the  L ord  reached  out  his  hand, 
 touched  my  mouth,  and  told  me:
  I have now filled your mouth 
with my words. 10 See, I have appointed you today
  over nations and kingdoms
  to uproot and tear down,
  to destroy and demolish,
  to build and plant. TWO VISIONS
11  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me, ask-
ing, “ What  do  you  see, Jer e mi ah? ”
 I re plied, “ I  see  a  branch  of  an al mond  tree.”
12  The  L ord  said  to  me, “ You  have  seen cor-
rect ly ,  for  I  watch  over a  my  word  to ac com-
plish  it.” 13  Again  the  word  of  the  L ord  came 
 to  me ask ing, “ What  do  you  see? ”
 And  I re plied, “ I  see  a boil ing  pot,  its  lip tilted 
 from  the  north  to  the  south.”
14  Then  the  L ord  said  to  me, “Di sas ter  will  be 
 poured  out b  from  the  north  on  all  who  live  in 
 the  land. 15 In deed,  I  am  about  to sum mon  all 
 the  clans  and king doms  of  the  north.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. They will come, and each king 
will set up his throne
  at the entrance to Jerusalem’s gates. They will attack 
all her surrounding walls
  and all the other cities of Judah. 16 “ I  will pro nounce  my judg ments  against  them 
 for  all  the  evil  they  did  when  they aban doned 
 me  to  burn in cense  to oth er  gods  and  to wor-
ship  the  works  of  their  own  hands. 17 “ Now ,  get  ready .


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Stand  up  and  tell  them 
ev ery thing  that  I com mand  you. Do  not  be 
intimidated  by  them  or  I  will  cause  you  to 
cow er be fore  them. 18 To day ,  I  am  the  one  who 
 has  made  you  a for ti fied  city ,  an  iron pil lar,  and 
 bronze  walls  against  the  whole  land  —   against 
 the  kings  of Ju dah,  its off  i cials,  its  priests,  and 
 the pop u la tion. 19  They  will  fight  against  you 
 but nev er pre vail  over  you,  since  I  am  with 
 you  to res cue  you.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. ISRAEL ACCUSED OF APOSTASY
2 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Go 
 and an nounce di rect ly  to Je ru sa lem  that 
 this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  I remember the loyalty of your youth,
  your love as a bride —
  how you followed me in the wilderness,
  in a land not sown. 3 Israel was holy to the Lord,
  the firstfruits of his harvest.


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All who ate of it found 
themselves guilty;
  disaster came on them.”
  This is the Lord’s declaration.


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4 Hear the word of the Lord, 
house of Jacob
  and all families of the house of Israel. 5 This is what the Lord says:
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  What fault did your fathers find in me
  that they went so far from me,
  followed worthless idols,
  and became worthless themselves? 6 They stopped asking, “Where is 
the Lord
  who brought us from the land of Egypt,
  who led us through the wilderness,
  through a land of deserts and ravines,
  through a land of drought 
and darkness, a
  a land no one traveled through
  and where no one lived? ”
 7 I brought you to a fertile land
  to eat its fruit and bounty ,
  but after you entered, you defiled 
my land;
  you made my inheritance detestable. 8 The priests quit asking, “Where is 
the Lord? ”
  The experts in the law no longer 
knew me,
  and the rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by  b Baal
  and followed useless idols. 9 Therefore, I will bring a case 
against you again.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. I will bring a case 
against your children’s children. 10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus  c 
and take a look. Send someone to Kedar 
and consider carefully;
  see if there has ever been 
anything like this:
 11 Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods!)
  Yet my people have exchanged 
their d Glory
  for useless idols.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. 13 For my people have committed 
a double evil:
  They have abandoned me,
  the fountain of living water,
  and dug cisterns for themselves  —  
  cracked cisterns that cannot hold water. CONSEQUENCES OF APOSTASY
 14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery?


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  Why else has he become a prey? 15 The young lions have roared at him;
  they have roared loudly . They have laid waste his land.


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His cities are in ruins, 
without inhabitants. 16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
  have also broken your skull. 17 Have you not brought this on yourself
  by abandoning the Lord your God
  while he was leading you along the way? 18 Now what will you gain
  by traveling along the way to Egypt
  to drink the water of the Nile? f
  What will you gain
  by traveling along the way to Assyria
  to drink the water of the Euphrates? 19 Your own evil will discipline you;
  your own apostasies 
will reprimand you. Recognize  g how evil and bitter it is
  for you to abandon the Lord your God
  and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration
  of the Lord God of Armies. 20 For long ago I  h broke your yoke;
  I  h tore off your chains. You insisted, “I will not serve! ”
  On every high hill
  and under every green tree
  you lay down like a prostitute. 21 I planted you, a choice vine
  from the very best seed. How then could you turn into
  a degenerate, foreign vine? 22 Even if you wash with lye
  and use a great amount of bleach,  i
  the stain of your iniquity is still 
in front of me. This is the Lord God’s declaration. 23 How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
  I have not followed the Baals”?


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Look at your behavior in the valley;
  acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel
  twisting and turning on her way ,
a2:6 Or shadow of death   b2:8 = in the name of   c2:10 Lit to the islands of Kittim   d2:11 Alt Hb tradition reads my   e2:14 Lit 
born of a house   f2:18 Lit of Shihor   g2:19 Lit Know and see   h2:20 LXX reads you   i2:22 Lit cleansing agent
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Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not 
become weary;
  they will find her 
in her mating season. b
 25 Keep your feet from going bare
  and your throat from thirst. But you say , “It’s hopeless;
  I love strangers,
  and I will continue to follow them.”
 26 Like the shame of a thief 
when he is caught,
  so the house of Israel has been 
put to shame. They , their kings, their officials,
  their priests, and their prophets
 27 say to a tree, “You are my father,”
  and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
  For they have turned their back to me
  and not their face,
  yet in their time of disaster they beg,
  “Rise up and save us! ”
 28 But where are your gods you made 
for yourself? Let them rise up and save you
  in your time of disaster if they can,
  for your gods are as numerous 
as your cities, Judah. JUDGMENT DESERVED
 29 Why do you bring a case against me?


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This is the Lord’s declaration. 30 I have struck down your children 
in vain;
  they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured 
your prophets
  like a ravaging lion. 31 Evil generation,
  pay attention to the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel
  or a land of dense darkness? Why do my people claim,
  “We will go where we want;  c
  we will no longer come to you”? 32 Can a young woman forget her jewelry
  or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me
  for countless days. 33 How skillfully you pursue love;
  you also teach evil women your ways. 34 Moreover, your skirts are stained
  with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking 
and entering. But in spite of all these things
 35 you claim, “I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
  But I will certainly judge you
  because you have said, “I have 
not sinned.”
 36 How unstable you are,
  constantly changing your ways! You will be put to shame by Egypt
  just as you were put to shame 
by Assyria. 37 Moreover, you will be led out from here
  with your hands on your head
  since the Lord has rejected 
those you trust;
  you will not succeed even with 
their help. d
WAGES OF APOSTASY
3 
If e a man divorces his wife
and she leaves him to marry another,
  can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land  f become 
totally defiled?


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But you! You have prostituted yourself 
with many partners —
  can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.


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2 Look to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been immoral? You sat waiting for them 
beside the highways
  like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land
  with your prostitution and wickedness. 3 This is why the showers haven’t come —
  why there has been no spring rain. You have the brazen look 
of a prostitute  g
  and refuse to be ashamed.


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4 Haven’t you recently called to me, 
“My Father. a2:24 Lit donkey taught   b2:24 Lit her month   c2:31 Or “We have taken control, or  “We can roam   d2:37 Lit with them    
e3:1 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read Saying: If   f3:1 LXX reads woman   g3:3 Lit have a prostitute’s forehead
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”
  This is what you have said,
  but you have done the evil things
  you are capable of. UNFAITHFUL ISRAEL, TREACHEROUS JUDAH
6  In  the  days  of  King Jo si ah  the  L ord  asked 
 me, “ Have  you  seen  what un faith ful Is ra el 
 has  done? She  has as cend ed ev ery  high  hill 
 and  gone un der ev ery  green  tree  to pros ti-
tute her self  there.


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7  I  thought, ‘ Af ter  she  has 
 done  all  these  things,  she  will re turn  to  me.’  
 But  she  didn’t re turn,  and  her treach er ous 
sis ter Ju dah  saw  it. 8  I a ob served  that  it  was 
be cause un faith ful Is ra el  had com mit ted adul-
tery  that  I  had  sent  her  away  and  had giv en 
 her  a cer tifi   cate  of di vorce. Nev er the less,  her 
treach er ous sis ter Ju dah  was  not  afraid  but 
 also  went  and pros ti tut ed her self. 9 Indifferent 
 to b  her pros ti tu tion,  she de filed  the  land  and 
com mit ted adul tery  with  stones  and  trees. 10  Yet  in  spite  of  all  this,  her treach er ous sis ter 
Ju dah  didn’t re turn  to  me  with  all  her  heart  
—   only  in pre tense.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 11  The  L ord an nounced  to  me, “Un faith ful 
Is ra el  has  shown her self  more righ teous  than 
treach er ous Ju dah. 12  Go, pro claim  these  words 
 to  the  north,  and  say ,
  ‘Return, unfaithful Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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I will not look on you with anger,  c
  for I am unfailing in my love. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will not be angry forever. 13 Only acknowledge your guilt —
  you have rebelled against the Lord  
your God. You have scattered your favors 
to strangers
  under every green tree
  and have not obeyed me. This is the Lord’s declaration. 14 “ ‘Re turn,  you faith less chil dren  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   for  I  am  your 
mas ter, d  and  I  will  take  you,  one  from  a  city 
 and  two  from  a fam i ly ,  and  I  will  bring  you 
 to  Zion. 15  I  will  give  you shep herds  who  are 
loy al  to  me, e  and  they  will shep herd  you  with 
knowl edge  and  skill. 16  When  you mul ti ply  and 
in crease  in  the  land,  in  those  days  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   no  one  will  say  again, 
“ The  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant.”  It  will nev er 
 come  to  mind,  and  no  one  will re mem ber  or 
 miss  it. An oth er  one  will  not  be  made. f 17  At 
 that  time Je ru sa lem  will  be  called  The  L ord’ s 
 Throne,  and  all  the na tions  will  be gath ered 
 to  it,  to  the  name  of  the  L ord  in Je ru sa lem. They  will  cease  to fol low  the stub born ness  of 
 their  evil  hearts. 18  In  those  days  the  house  of 
Ju dah  will  join  with  the  house  of Is ra el,  and 
 they  will  come to geth er  from  the  land  of  the 
 north  to  the  land  I  have giv en  your an ces tors 
 to in her it.’ ”
TRUE REPENTANCE
 19 I thought, “How I long to make you 
my sons
  and give you a desirable land,
  the most beautiful inheritance of all 
the nations.”
  I thought, “You will call me ‘My Father’
  and never turn away from me.”
 20 However, as a woman may betray 
her lover, g
  so you have betrayed me, 
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21 A sound is heard on the barren heights:
  the children of Israel weeping 
and begging for mercy ,
  for they have perverted their way;
  they have forgotten the Lord their God. 22 Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. “Here we are, coming to you,
  for you are the Lord our God. 23 Surely , falsehood comes from the hills,
  commotion from the mountains,
  but the salvation of Israel
  is only in the Lord our God. 24 From the time of our youth
  the shameful one  h has consumed
  what our fathers have worked for —
  their flocks and their herds,
  their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our shame;
  let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord  
our God,
  both we and our fathers,
a3:8 One Hb ms, Syr read She   b3:9 Lit From the lightness of   c3:12 Lit not cause my face to fall on you   d3:14 Or husband   
e3:15 Lit shepherds according to my heart   f3:16 Or It will no longer be done   g3:20 Lit friend   h3:24 = Baal
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  from the time of our youth 
even to this day . We have not obeyed the Lord our God.”
BLESSING OR CURSE
4 
If you return,  a Israel —
 this is the Lord’s declaration —
  you will return to me,
  if you remove your abhorrent idols
  from my presence
  and do not waver,
 2 then you can swear, “ As the Lord lives,”
  in truth, in justice, 
and in righteousness,
  then the nations will be blessed  b 
by him
  and will pride themselves in him. 3  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says  to  the  men 
 of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem:
  Break up the unplowed ground;
  do not sow among the thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
  remove the foreskin of your hearts,
  men of Judah and residents 
of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out 
like fire
  and burn with no one to extinguish it
  because of your evil deeds. JUDGMENT FROM THE NORTH
5 De clare  in Ju dah, pro claim  in Je ru sa lem, 
 and  say:
  Blow the ram’s horn 
throughout the land. Cry out loudly and say:
  Assemble yourselves,
  and let’s flee to the fortified cities. 6 Lift up a signal flag toward Zion. Run for cover!


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Don’t stand still! For I am bringing disaster 
from the north —
  a crushing blow . 7 A lion has gone up from his thicket;
  a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair
  to make your land a waste. Your cities will be reduced 
to uninhabited ruins. 8 Because of this, put on sackcloth;
  mourn and wail,
  for the Lord’s burning anger
  has not turned away from us. 9 “ On  that  day”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la-
ra tion  —  “ the  king  and  the off  i cials  will  lose 
 their cour age. The  priests  will trem ble  in  fear, 
 and  the proph ets  will  be scared speech less.”
10  I  said, “ Oh  no,  Lord  G od,  you  have cer-
tain ly de ceived  this peo ple  and Je ru sa lem, 
 by an nounc ing, ‘ You  will  have  peace,’  while 
 a  sword  is  at c  our  throats.”
11 “ At  that  time  it  will  be  said  to  this peo ple 
 and  to Je ru sa lem, ‘ A sear ing  wind  blows  from 
 the bar ren  heights  in  the wil der ness  on  the 
 way  to  my  dear d peo ple. It  comes  not  to win-
now  or  to  sift; 12  a  wind  too  strong  for  this 
 comes  at  my  call. e  Now  I  will  also pro nounce 
judg ments  against  them.’ ”
 13 Look, he advances like clouds;
  his chariots are like a storm. His horses are swifter than eagles.


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Woe to us, for we are ruined! 14 Wash the evil 
from your heart, Jerusalem,
  so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor
  malicious thoughts? 15 For a voice announces from Dan,
  proclaiming malice 
from Mount Ephraim. 16 Warn the nations: Look! Proclaim to Jerusalem:
  Those who besiege are coming
  from a distant land;
  they raise their voices
  against the cities of Judah. 17 They have her surrounded
  like those who guard a field,
  because she has rebelled against me.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. 18 Your way and your actions
  have brought this on you. This is your punishment. It is 
very bitter,
  because it has reached your heart! JEREMIAH’S LAMENT
 19 My anguish, my anguish! f I writhe 
in agony!


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My heart pounds;
  I cannot be silent. a4:1 Or Repent   b4:2 Or will bless themselves   c4:10 Lit sword touches   d4:11 Lit to the daughter of my   e4:12 Lit comes 
for me   f4:19 Lit My inner parts, my inner parts   g4:19 Lit the walls of
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  For you, my soul,
  have heard the sound 
of the ram’s horn —
  the shout of battle. 20 Disaster after disaster is reported
  because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
  my tent curtains, in a moment. 21 How long must I see the signal flag
  and hear the sound of the ram’s horn? 22 “For my people are fools;
  they do not know me.


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They are foolish children,
  without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil,
  but they do not know how to do 
what is good.”
 23 I looked at the earth,
  and it was formless and empty . I looked to the heavens,
  and their light was gone. 24 I looked at the mountains,
  and they were quaking;
  all the hills shook. 25 I looked, and there was no human 
being,
  and all the birds of the sky had fled. 26 I looked, and the fertile field was 
a wilderness. All its cities were torn down
  because of the Lord
  and his burning anger. 27  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  The whole land will be a desolation,
  but I will not finish it off. 28 Because of this, the earth will mourn;
  the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned,
  and I will not relent or turn back from it. 29 Every city flees
  at the sound of the horseman 
and the archer. They enter the thickets
  and climb among the rocks.


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Every city is abandoned;
  no inhabitant is left. 30 And you, devastated one, what are 
you doing
  that you dress yourself in scarlet,
  that you adorn yourself 
with gold jewelry ,
  that you enhance your eyes 
with makeup? You beautify yourself for nothing. Your lovers reject you;
  they intend to take your life. 31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,
  a cry of anguish like one bearing 
her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion 
gasping for breath,
  stretching out her hands:
  “Woe is me, for my life is weary
  because of the murderers! ”
THE DEPRAVITY OF JERUSALEM
5 
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.


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If you find one person,
  any who acts justly ,
  who pursues faithfulness,
  then I will forgive her. 2 When they say , “ As the Lord lives,”
  they are swearing falsely . 3 Lord, don’t your eyes 
look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt 
no pain.


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You finished them off,
  but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder 
than rock,
  and they refused to return. 4  Then  I  thought:
  They are just the poor;
  they have been foolish.


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For they don’t understand the way 
of the Lord,
  the justice of their God. 5 I will go to the powerful
  and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the Lord,
  the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke
  and torn off the chains. 6 Therefore, a lion from the forest 
will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains 
will ravage them. A leopard stalks their cities. a5:1 Lit See and know
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  Anyone who leaves them will be torn 
to pieces
  because their rebellious acts are many ,
  their unfaithful deeds numerous. 7 Why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned me
  and sworn by those who are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they 
committed adultery;
  they gashed themselves 
at the a prostitute’s house. 8 They are well-fed,  b eager c stallions,
  each neighing after 
someone else’s wife. 9 Should I not punish them 
for these things?


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This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself
  on such a nation as this? 10 Go up among her vineyard terraces 
and destroy them,
  but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots,
  for they do not belong to the Lord. 11 They , the house of Israel and the house 
of Judah,
  have dealt very treacherously with me. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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12 They have contradicted the Lord
  and insisted, “It won’t happen. d
  Harm won’t come to us;
  we won’t see sword or famine.”
 13 The prophets become only wind,
  for the Lord’s word is not in them. This will in fact happen to them. COMING JUDGMENT
14 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  of Ar-
mies  says:
  Because you have spoken this word,
  I am going to make my words
  become fire in your mouth. These people are the wood,
  and the fire will consume them. 15 I am about to bring a nation
  from far away against you,
  house of Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration. It is an established nation,
  an ancient nation,
  a nation whose language 
you do not know
  and whose speech 
you do not understand. 16 Their quiver is like an open grave;
  they are all warriors. 17 They will consume your harvest 
and your food. They will consume your sons 
and your daughters. They will consume your flocks 
and your herds. They will consume your vines 
and your fig trees. With the sword they will destroy
  your fortified cities in which you trust. 18 “ But  even  in  those  days”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “ I  will  not fin ish  you  off. 19  When 
peo ple  ask, ‘ For  what off  ense  has  the  L ord 
 our  God  done  all  these  things  to  us? ’  You  will 
re spond  to  them, ‘ Just  as  you aban doned  me 
 and  served for eign  gods  in  your  land,  so  will 
 you  serve strang ers  in  a  land  that  is  not  yours.’ 
20 “De clare  this  in  the  house  of Ja cob; pro-
claim  it  in Ju dah, say ing:
 21 Hear this,
  you foolish and senseless  e people. They have eyes, but they don’t see.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me,
  the one who set the sand 
as the boundary of the sea,
  an enduring barrier that 
it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they 
cannot prevail.


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They have turned aside 
and have gone away . 24 They have not said to themselves,
  ‘Let’s fear the Lord our God,
  who gives the seasonal rains, 
both autumn and spring,
  who guarantees to us the fixed weeks 
of the harvest.’
 25 Your guilty acts have diverted 
these things from you. a5:7 Or adultery and trooped to the, or  adultery and lodged at the ; Hb obscure   b5:8 Lit well-equipped ; Hb obscure   c5:8 Lit 
early-rising ; Hb obscure   d5:12 Lit “He does not exist   e5:21 Lit without heart
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  Your sins have withheld my bounty 
from you,
 26 for wicked men live among my people. They watch like hunters  a lying in wait. b
  They set a trap;
  they catch men. 27 Like a cage full of birds,
  so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful 
and rich. 28 They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases,
  such as the case of the fatherless, 
so they might prosper,
  and they have not defended the rights 
of the needy . 29 Should I not punish them 
for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself
  on such a nation as this? 30 An appalling, horrible thing
  has taken place in the land. 31 The prophets prophesy falsely ,
  and the priests rule 
by their own authority . My people love it like this.


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But what will you do at the end of it? THREATENED SIEGE OF JERUSALEM
6 
“Run for cover
out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;
  raise a smoke signal 
over Beth-haccherem,  c
  for disaster threatens from the north,
  even a crushing blow . 2 Though she is beautiful and delicate,
  I will destroy  d Daughter Zion.


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3 Shepherds and their flocks will come 
against her;
  they will pitch their tents 
all around her. Each will pasture his own portion. 4 Set them apart for war against her;
  rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing;
  the evening shadows grow long. 5 Rise up, let’s attack by night. Let us destroy her fortresses.”
6  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Cut down the trees;
  raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished.


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There is nothing but oppression 
within her. 7 As a well gushes out its water,
  so she pours out her evil. e
  Violence and destruction resound 
in her.


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Sickness and wounds keep coming 
to my attention. 8 Be warned, Jerusalem,
  or I will turn away from you;
  I will make you a desolation,
  a land without inhabitants. WRATH ON ISRAEL
9  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Glean the remnant of Israel
  as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more 
like a grape gatherer
  over the branches.


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10 Who can I speak to and give 
such a warning  f
  that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised,  g
  so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord  
has become contemptible to them —
  they find no pleasure in it. 11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;
  I am tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street,
  on the gathering of young men as well. For both husband and wife 
will be captured,
  the old with the very old. h
 12 Their houses will be turned over 
to others,
  their fields and wives as well,
  for I will stretch out my hand
  against the inhabitants of the land. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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13 For from the least to the greatest 
of them,
  everyone is making profit dishonestly . From prophet to priest,
  everyone deals falsely . a5:26 Lit hunters of birds   b5:26 Hb obscure   c6:1 = House of the Vineyard   d6:2 Or silence   e6:7 Or well keeps its water fresh, 
so she keeps her evil fresh   f6:10 Or and bear witness   g6:10 They are unresponsive to God. h6:11 Lit with fullness of days
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 14 They have treated 
my people’s brokenness superficially ,
  claiming, “Peace, peace,”
  when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they acted 
so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,
  says the Lord. DISASTER BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE
16  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths,
  “Which is the way to what is good?


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But they protested, “We won’t! ”
 17 I appointed watchmen over you
  and said, “Listen for the sound 
of the ram’s horn.”
  But they protested, “We won’t listen! ”
 18 Therefore listen, you nations
  and you witnesses,
  learn what the charge is against them. 19 Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster 
on these people,
  the fruit of their own plotting,
  for they have paid no attention 
to my words. They have rejected my instruction. 20 What use to me is frankincense 
from Sheba
  or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
  your sacrifices do not please me. 21 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
  I am going to place stumbling blocks 
before these people;
  fathers and sons together will stumble 
over them;
  friends and neighbors will also perish. A CRUEL NATION FROM THE NORTH
22  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Look, an army is coming 
from a northern land;
  a great nation will be stirred up
  from the remote regions of the earth. 23 They grasp bow and javelin.


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They are cruel and show no mercy . Their voice roars like the sea,
  and they ride on horses,
  lined up like men in battle formation
  against you, Daughter Zion. 24 We have heard about it,
  and our hands have become weak.


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Distress has seized us —
  pain, like a woman in labor. 25 Don’t go out to the fields;
  don’t walk on the road. For the enemy has a sword;
  terror is on every side. 26 My dear a people, dress yourselves 
in sackcloth
  and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son,
  a bitter lament,
  for suddenly the destroyer will come 
on us. JEREMIAH APPOINTED AS AN EXAMINER
 27 I have appointed you to be an assayer 
among my people —
  a refiner  b —
  so you may know and assay their way 
of life. 28 All are stubborn rebels
  spreading slander.


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They are bronze and iron;
  all of them are corrupt. 29 The bellows blow ,
  blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain;
  the evil ones are not separated out. 30 They are called rejected silver,
  for the Lord has rejected them. FALSE TRUST IN THE TEMPLE
7 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 from  the  L ord: 2 “ Stand  in  the  gate  of  the 
 house  of  the  L ord  and  there  call  out  this  word: 
‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord,  all  you peo ple 
 of Ju dah  who en ter  through  these  gates  to 
wor ship  the  L ord. 3 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God 
 of Is ra el,  says: Cor rect  your  ways  and  your ac-
tions,  and  I  will al low  you  to  live  in  this  place. 4  Do  not  trust de ceit ful  words, chanting, “ This 
 is  the tem ple  of  the  L ord,  the tem ple  of  the 
a6:26 Lit Daughter of my   b6:27 T ext emended; MT reads fortress
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 L ord,  the tem ple  of  the  L ord.” 5 In stead,  if  you 
real ly cor rect  your  ways  and  your ac tions,  if 
 you  act just ly to ward  one an oth er, a 6  if  you 
 no lon ger op press  the res i dent  alien,  the fa-
ther less,  and  the wid ow  and  no lon ger  shed 
in no cent  blood  in  this  place  or fol low oth er 
 gods, bring ing  harm  on your selves, 7  I  will 
al low  you  to  live  in  this  place,  the  land  I  gave 
 to  your an ces tors  long  ago  and for ev er. 8  But 
 look,  you  keep trust ing  in de ceit ful  words 
 that can not  help.


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9 “ ‘ Do  you  steal, mur der, com mit adul tery , 
 swear false ly ,  burn in cense  to  Baal,  and fol low 
oth er  gods  that  you  have  not  known? 10  Then 
 do  you  come  and  stand be fore  me  in  this  house 
 that  bears  my  name  and  say , “ We  are res cued, 
 so  we  can con tin ue do ing  all  these de test able 
 acts”? 11  Has  this  house,  which  bears  my  name, 
be come  a  den  of rob bers  in  your  view? Yes,  I 
 too  have  seen  it.


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This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. SHILOH AS A WARNING
12 “ ‘ But re turn  to  my  place  that  was  at Shi loh, 
 where  I  made  my  name  dwell  at  first. See  what 
 I  did  to  it be cause  of  the  evil  of  my peo ple Is-
ra el. 13  Now , be cause  you  have  done  all  these 
 things  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   and 
be cause  I  have spo ken  to  you  time  and  time 
 again b  but  you  wouldn’t lis ten,  and  I  have  called 
 to  you,  but  you  wouldn’t an swer, 14  what  I  did 
 to Shi loh  I  will  do  to  the  house  that  bears  my 
 name  —   the  house  in  which  you  trust  —   the 
 place  that  I  gave  you  and  your an ces tors. 15  I 
 will ban ish  you  from  my pres ence,  just  as  I 
ban ished  all  of  your broth ers,  all  the de scen-
dants  of Ephra im.’ 
DO NOT PRAY FOR JUDAH
16 “ As  for  you,  do  not  pray  for  these peo ple. Do  not off  er  a  cry  or  a  prayer  on  their be half, 
 and  do  not  beg  me,  for  I  will  not lis ten  to  you. 17  Don’t  you  see  how  they be have  in  the cit ies 
 of Ju dah  and  in  the  streets  of Je ru sa lem? 18  The 
 sons gath er  wood,  the fa thers  light  the  fire,  and 
 the wom en  knead  dough  to  make  cakes  for 
 the  queen  of heav en, c  and  they  pour  out  drink 
off  er ings  to oth er  gods  so  that  they pro voke 
 me  to an ger. 19  But  are  they real ly pro vok ing 
 me?


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“ Isn’t  it 
 they them selves be ing pro voked  to dis grace? ”
20 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
“ Look,  my an ger  —   my burn ing  wrath  —   is 
 about  to  be  poured  out  on  this  place,  on peo ple 
 and an i mals,  on  the  tree  of  the  field,  and  on 
 the pro duce  of  the  land. My  wrath  will  burn 
 and  not  be  quenched.”
OBEDIENCE OVER SACRIFICE
21  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  says: “ Add  your  burnt off  er ings  to  your 
oth er sac ri fic es,  and  eat  the  meat your selves, 
22  for  when  I  brought  your an ces tors  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  I  did  not  speak  with  them 
 or com mand  them con cern ing  burnt off  er ing 
 and sac ri fice. 23 How ev er,  I  did  give  them  this 
com mand: ‘ Obey  me,  and  then  I  will  be  your 
 God,  and  you  will  be  my peo ple.


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Fol low ev ery 
 way  I com mand  you  so  that  it  may  go  well  with 
 you.’  24  Yet  they  didn’t lis ten  or  pay at ten tion  but 
fol lowed  their  own ad vice  and  their  own stub-
born,  evil  heart. They  went back ward  and  not 
for ward. 25  Since  the  day  your an ces tors  came 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt un til to day ,  I  have  sent 
 all  my ser vants  the proph ets  to  you  time  and 
 time  again. d 26 How ev er,  my peo ple  wouldn’t 
lis ten  to  me  or  pay at ten tion  but be came ob sti-
nate; e  they  did  more  evil  than  their an ces tors. A LAMENT FOR DISOBEDIENT JUDAH
27 “ When  you  speak  all  these  things  to  them, 
 they  will  not lis ten  to  you. When  you  call  to 
 them,  they  will  not an swer  you. 28 There fore, 
de clare  to  them, ‘ This  is  the na tion  that  would 
 not lis ten  to  the  L ord  their  God  and  would  not 
ac cept dis ci pline. Truth f  has per ished  —   it 
 has dis ap peared  from  their  mouths. 29  Cut 
 off  the  hair  of  your sa cred  vow g  and  throw  it 
 away . Raise  up  a  dirge  on  the bar ren  heights, 
 for  the  L ord  has re ject ed  and aban doned  the 
gen er a tion un der  his  wrath.’ 
30 “ For  the Ju de ans  have  done  what  is  evil 
 in  my  sight.”  This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. “ They  have  set  up  their ab hor rent  things  in  the 
 house  that  bears  my  name  in or der  to de file  it. 31  They  have  built  the  high plac es  of To pheth h 
 in  Ben Hin nom V al ley i  in or der  to  burn  their 
 sons  and daugh ters  in  the  fire,  a  thing  I  did  not 
com mand;  I nev er en ter tained  the  thought. j
32 “There fore,  look,  the  days  are com ing”  —  
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ when  this  place  will 
 no lon ger  be  called To pheth  and  Ben Hin nom 
a7:5 Lit justly between a man and his neighbor   b7:13 Lit you rising early and speaking   c7:18 = a pagan goddess    
d7:25 Lit you, each day rising early and sending   e7:26 Lit but stiffened their neck   f7:28 Or Faithfulness   g7:29 Lit off your 
consecration   h7:31 Lit of the fireplace   i7:31 A valley south of Jerusalem   j7:31 Lit command, and it did not arise on my 
heart
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V al ley ,  but  the V al ley  of Slaugh ter. To pheth  will 
be come  a cem e tery , a be cause  there  will  be 
 no oth er buri al  place. 33  The  corpses  of  these 
peo ple  will be come  food  for  the  birds  of  the 
 sky  and  for  the  wild an i mals  of  the  land,  with 
 no  one  to scare  them  away . 34  I  will re move 
 from  the cit ies  of Ju dah  and  the  streets  of 
Je ru sa lem  the  sound  of  joy  and glad ness  and 
 the  voices  of  the groom  and  the  bride,  for  the 
 land  will be come  a des o late  waste. DEATH OVER LIFE
8 
“ At  that  time”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la-
ra tion  —  “ the  bones  of  the  kings  of Ju dah, 
 the  bones  of  her of fi cials,  the  bones  of  the 
 priests,  the  bones  of  the proph ets,  and  the 
 bones  of  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  will  be 
 brought  out  of  their  graves. 2  They  will  be ex-
posed  to  the  sun,  the  moon,  and  all  the  stars 
 in  the  sky ,  which  they  have  loved,  served, 
fol lowed, con sult ed,  and wor shiped. Their 
 bones  will  not  be col lect ed  and bur ied  but 
 will be come  like ma nure  on  the soil’s sur face. 3  Death  will  be cho sen  over  life  by  all  the sur-
vi vors  of  this  evil fam i ly ,  those  who re main 
wher ev er  I  have ban ished  them.”  This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  L ord  of Ar mies. 4 “ You  are  to  say  to  them:  This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:
  Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away , do they not return?


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5 Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit;
  they refuse to return. 6 I have paid careful attention. They do not speak what is right.


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No one regrets his evil,
  asking, ‘What have I done? ’
  Everyone has stayed his course
  like a horse rushing into battle.


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7 Even storks in the sky
  know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes  b
  are aware of their migration,
  but my people do not know
  the requirements of the Lord. PUNISHMENT FOR JUDAH’S LEADERS
 8 “How can you claim, ‘We are wise;
  the law of the Lord is with us’?


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In fact, the lying pen of scribes
  has produced falsehood. 9 The wise will be put to shame;
  they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the Lord,
  so what wisdom do they really have? 10 Therefore, I will give their wives 
to other men,
  their fields to new occupants,
  for from the least to the greatest,
  everyone is making profit dishonestly . From prophet to priest,
  everyone deals falsely . 11 They have treated the brokenness
  of my dear c people superficially ,
  claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
  when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they acted 
so detestably?


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They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall 
among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,”
  says the Lord. 13 I will gather them and bring them 
to an end.


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  This is the Lord’s declaration. There will be no grapes on the vine,
  no figs on the fig tree,
  and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost 
to them. GOD’S PEOPLE UNREPENTANT
 14 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let us enter 
the fortified cities
  and perish there,  e
  for the Lord our God has destroyed  f us. He has given us poisoned water to drink,
  because we have sinned 
against the Lord. 15 We hoped for peace, but there was 
nothing good;
  for a time of healing, but there was 
only terror. 16 From Dan, the snorting 
of horses is heard. At the sound of the neighing 
of mighty steeds,
a7:32 Lit They will bury in Topheth   b8:7 Hb obscure   c8:11 Lit of the daughter of my, also in vv . 19,21,22   d8:13 Lit Gathering  
I will end them   e8:14 Or there be silenced   f8:14 Or silenced
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  the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land 
and everything in it,
  the city and all its residents. 17 Indeed, I am about to send snakes 
among you,
  poisonous vipers that cannot 
be charmed. They will bite you.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. LAMENT OVER JUDAH
 18 My joy has flown away;
  grief has settled on me. My heart is sick. 19 Listen  —  the cry of my dear people
  from a faraway land,
  “Is the Lord no longer in Zion,
  her King not within her? ”
  Why have they angered me
  with their carved images,
  with their worthless foreign idols? 20 Harvest has passed, 
summer has ended,
  but we have not been saved. 21 I am broken by the brokenness
  of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?


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So why has the healing of my dear people
  not come about? 9 
If my head were a flowing spring,
my eyes a fountain of tears,
  I would weep day and night
  over the slain of my dear  a people. 2 If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
  in the wilderness,
  I would abandon my people
  and depart from them,
  for they are all adulterers,
  a solemn assembly 
of treacherous people. 3 They bent their tongues like their bows;
  lies and not faithfulness prevail 
in the land,
  for they proceed from one evil 
to another,
  and they do not take me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration. IMMINENT RUIN AND EXILE
 4 Everyone has to be on guard 
against his friend. Don’t trust any brother,
  for every brother will certainly deceive,
  and every friend spread slander. 5 Each one betrays his friend;
  no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues 
to speak lies;
  they wear themselves out doing wrong. 6 You live in a world of deception. b
  In their deception they refuse  
to know me.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. 7 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 says:
  I am about to refine them 
and test them,
  for what else can I do
  because of my dear
 c people? d
 8 Their tongues are deadly arrows —
  they speak deception. With his mouth
  one speaks peaceably with his friend,
  but inwardly he sets up an ambush. 9 Should I not punish them 
for these things?


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Should I not avenge myself
  on such a nation as this? 10 I will raise weeping and a lament
  over the mountains,
  a dirge over the wilderness 
grazing land,
  for they have been so scorched
  that no one passes through. The sound of cattle is no longer heard. From the birds of the sky 
to the animals,
  everything has fled  —  they have 
gone away . 11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,
  a jackals’ den. I will make the cities of Judah 
a desolation,
  an uninhabited place. 12  Who  is  the per son  wise  enough  to un der-
stand  this?


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Who  has  the  L ord spo ken  to,  that 
a9:1 Lit slain among the daughter of my   b9:6 LXX reads Oppression on oppression, deceit on deceit   c9:7 Lit of the 
daughter of my   d9:7 LXX, Tg read because of their evils
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 he  may ex plain  it? Why  is  the  land de stroyed 
 and  scorched  like  a wil der ness,  so  no  one  can 
 pass  through? 13  The  L ord  said, “ It  is be cause  they aban-
doned  my in struc tion,  which  I  set be fore  them, 
 and  did  not  obey  my  voice  or  walk ac cord ing 
 to  it. 14 In stead,  they fol lowed  the stub born ness 
 of  their  hearts  and fol lowed  the  Baals  as  their 
fa thers  taught  them.” 15 There fore,  this  is  what 
 the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: “ I 
 am  about  to  feed  this peo ple worm wood  and 
 give  them poi son ous wa ter  to  drink. 16  I  will 
scat ter  them  among  the na tions  that  they  and 
 their fa thers  have  not  known. I  will  send  a 
 sword af ter  them un til  I  have fin ished  them  off.”
MOURNING OVER JUDAH
17  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Consider, and summon the women 
who mourn;
  send for the skillful women. 18 Let them come quickly to raise 
a lament over us
  so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
  our eyelids be soaked with weeping.


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19 For a sound of lamentation is heard 
from Zion:
  How devastated we are. We are greatly ashamed,
  for we have abandoned the land;
  our dwellings have been torn down. 20 Now hear the word of the Lord, 
you women.


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Pay attention to a the words 
from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament
  and one another a dirge,
 21 for Death has climbed 
through our windows;
  it has entered our fortresses,
  cutting off children from the streets,
  young men from the squares. 22 “ Speak  as fol lows: ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord 
de clares: Hu man  corpses  will  fall  like ma nure 
 on  the sur face  of  the  field,  like new ly  cut  grain 
af ter  the reap er  with  no  one  to gath er  it. BOAST IN THE LORD
23 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  The wise person should not boast 
in his wisdom;
  the strong should not boast 
in his strength;
  the wealthy should not boast 
in his wealth. 24 But the one who boasts should boast 
in this:
  that he understands and knows me —
  that I am the Lord, 
showing faithful love,
  justice, and righteousness on the earth,
  for I delight in these things. This is the Lord’s declaration. 25 “ ‘ Look,  the  days  are com ing  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   when  I  will pun ish  all 
 the cir cum cised  yet un cir cum cised: 26  Egypt, 
Ju dah,  Edom,  the Am mon ites,  Moab,  and  all 
 the in hab i tants  of  the desert  who  clip  the  hair 
 on  their tem ples. b  All  these na  tions  are un-
cir cum cised,  and  the  whole  house  of Is ra el 
 is un cir cum cised  in  heart.’ ”
FALSE GODS CONTRASTED WITH THE CREATOR
10 
 Hear  the  word  that  the  L ord  has spo ken 
 to c  you,  house  of Is ra el. 2  This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:
  Do not learn the way of the nations
  or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
  although the nations are terrified 
by them,
 3 for the customs of the peoples 
are worthless. Someone cuts down a tree 
from the forest;
  it is worked by the hands 
of a craftsman with a chisel.


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It is fastened with hammer and nails,
  so it won’t totter. 5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
  their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because 
they cannot walk. Do not fear them for they can do 
no harm —
  and they cannot do any good. 6 Lord, there is no one like you. You are great;
  your name is great in power. 7 Who should not fear you,
  King of the nations? It is what you deserve. a9:20 Lit Your ears must receive   b9:26 Or who live in distant places   c10:1 Or against
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  For among all the wise people 
of the nations
  and among all their kingdoms,
  there is no one like you. 8 They are both stupid and foolish,
  instructed by worthless idols
  made of wood! 9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish
  and gold from Uphaz. a
  The work of a craftsman
  and of a goldsmith’s hands
  is clothed in blue and purple,
  all the work of skilled artisans. 10 But the Lord is the true God;
  he is the living God and eternal King.


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The earth quakes at his wrath,
  and the nations cannot endure his rage. 11  You  are  to  say  this  to  them: “ The  gods  that 
 did  not  make  the heav ens  and  the  earth  will 
per ish  from  the  earth  and  from un der  these 
heav ens.” b
 12 He made the earth by his power,
  established the world by his wisdom,
  and spread out the heavens 
by his understanding. 13 When he thunders,  c
  the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
  and he causes the clouds to rise
  from the ends of the earth.


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He makes lightning for the rain
  and brings the wind 
from his storehouses. 14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame
  by his carved image,
  for his cast images are a lie;
  there is no breath in them. 15 They are worthless, a work 
to be mocked.


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At the time of their punishment
  they will be destroyed. 16 Jacob’s Portion d is not like these
  because he is the one who formed 
all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
  the Lord of Armies is his name. EXILE AFTER THE SIEGE
 17 Gather up your belongings  e 
from the ground,
  you who live under siege. 18  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Look, I am flinging away
  the land’s residents at this time
  and bringing them such distress
  that they will feel it. JEREMIAH GRIEVES
 19 Woe to me because of 
my brokenness —
  I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, “This is 
my intense suffering,
  but I must bear it.”
 20 My tent is destroyed;
  all my tent cords are snapped. My sons have departed from me 
and are no more. I have no one to pitch my tent again
  or to hang up my curtains. 21 For the shepherds are stupid:
  They don’t seek the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered,
  and their whole flock is scattered.


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22 Listen! A noise  —  it is coming —
  a great commotion from the land 
to the north. The cities of Judah will be 
made desolate,
  a jackals’ den. 23 I know , Lord,
  that a person’s way of life is not 
his own;
  no one who walks determines 
his own steps. 24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice —
  not in your anger,
  or you will reduce me to nothing. 25 Pour out your wrath on the nations
  that don’t recognize you
  and on the families
  that don’t call on your name,
  for they have consumed Jacob;
  they have consumed him and finished 
him off
  and made his homeland desolate. REMINDER OF THE COVENANT
11 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi-
ah  from  the  L ord: 2 “Lis ten  to  the  words 
 of  this cov enant  and  tell  them  to  the  men  of 
Ju dah  and  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem. 3  Tell 
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in Jr . c10:13  Lit At his giving of the voice   d10:16 = the Lord   e10:17 Lit 
bundle
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 them, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra-
el,  says: “ Let  a  curse  be  on  the  man  who  does 
 not  obey  the  words  of  this cov enant, 4  which 
 I com mand ed  your an ces tors  when  I  brought 
 them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  iron 
fur nace.”  I de clared, “ Obey  me,  and  do ev ery-
thing  that  I com mand  you,  and  you  will  be  my 
peo ple,  and  I  will  be  your  God,” 5  in or der  to 
es tab lish  the  oath  I  swore  to  your an ces tors, 
 to  give  them  a  land flow ing  with  milk  and 
hon ey ,  as  it  is to day .’ ”
 I an swered, “ Amen,  L ord.”
6  The  L ord  said  to  me, “Pro claim  all  these 
 words  in  the cit ies  of Ju dah  and  in  the  streets 
 of Je ru sa lem: ‘ Obey  the  words  of  this cov enant 
 and car ry  them  out.’ 7  For  I strong ly  warned 
 your an ces tors  when  I  brought  them  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt un til to day , warn ing  them 
 time  and  time  again, a ‘ Obey  me.’ 8  Yet  they 
 would  not  obey  or  pay at ten tion;  each  one 
fol lowed  the stub born ness  of  his  evil  heart. So  I  brought  on  them  all  the curs es  of  this 
cov enant, be cause  they  had  not  done  what  I 
com mand ed  them  to  do.”
9  The  L ord  said  to  me, “ A con spir a cy  has  been 
dis cov ered  among  the  men  of Ju dah  and  the 
res i dents  of Je ru sa lem. 10  They  have re turned 
 to  the in iq ui ties  of  their fa thers  who re fused 
 to  obey  my  words  and  have fol lowed oth er 
 gods  to wor ship  them. The  house  of Is ra el 
 and  the  house  of Ju dah  broke  my cov enant  I 
 made  with  their an ces tors. 11 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I 
 am  about  to  bring  on  them di sas ter  that  they 
can not es cape. They  will  cry  out  to  me,  but  I 
 will  not  hear  them. 12  Then  the cit ies  of Ju dah 
 and  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  will  go  and 
 cry  out  to  the  gods  they  have  been burn ing 
in cense  to,  but  they cer tain ly  will  not  save 
 them  in  their  time  of di sas ter. 13  Your  gods  are 
in deed  as nu mer ous  as  your cit ies, Ju dah,  and 
 the al tars  you  have  set  up  to  Shame b  —  al tars 
 to  burn in cense  to  Baal  —   as nu mer ous  as  the 
 streets  of Je ru sa lem. 14 “ As  for  you,  do  not  pray  for  these peo ple.


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Do  not  raise  up  a  cry  or  a  prayer  on  their be-
half,  for  I  will  not  be lis ten ing  when  they  call 
 out  to  me  at  the  time  of  their di sas ter. 15 What right does my beloved have
  to be in my house,
  having carried out so many 
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Can holy meat c prevent your disaster  d
  so you can celebrate? 16 The Lord named you
  a flourishing olive tree,
  beautiful with well-formed fruit. He has set fire to it,
  and its branches are consumed  e
  with the sound of a mighty tumult. 17 “ The  L ord  of Ar mies  who plant ed  you  has 
de creed di sas ter  against  you, be cause  of  the 
di sas ter f  the  house  of Is ra el  and  the  house 
 of Ju dah  brought  on them selves  when  they 
an gered  me  by burn ing in cense  to  Baal.”
 18 The Lord informed me, so I knew . Then you helped me to see their deeds,
 19 for I was like a docile  g lamb led 
to slaughter. I didn’t know that they had 
devised plots against me:
  “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;  h
  let’s cut him off from the land 
of the living
  so that his name will no longer 
be remembered.”
 20 But, Lord of Armies, 
who judges righteously ,
  who tests heart  i and mind,
  let me see your vengeance on them,
  for I have presented my case to you. 21 There fore,  here  is  what  the  L ord  says con-
cern ing  the peo ple  of An a thoth  who in tend  to 
 take  your  life. They  warn, “ Do  not proph e sy 
 in  the  name  of  the  L ord,  or  you  will cer tain ly 
 die  at  our  hand.” 22 There fore,  this  is  what  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies  says: “ I  am  about  to pun ish 
 them. The  young  men  will  die  by  the  sword; 
 their  sons  and daugh ters  will  die  by fam ine. 23  They  will  have  no rem nant,  for  I  will  bring 
di sas ter  on  the peo ple  of An a thoth  in  the  year 
 of  their pun ish ment.”
JEREMIAH’S COMPLAINT
12 
You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against you. Yet, I wish to contend with you:
  Why does the way of the wicked 
prosper?


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2 You planted them, and they 
have taken root. a11:7 Lit today, rising early and warning   b11:13 = Baal   c11:15 = sacrificial meat   d11:15 LXX; MT reads meat pass from you   
e11:16 Vg; MT reads broken   f11:17 Or evil   g11:19 Or pet   h11:19 Lit bread   i11:20 Lit kidneys
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  They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips,  a
  but far from their conscience. b
 3 As for you, Lord, you know me; 
you see me. You test whether my heart is with you.


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Drag the wicked away like sheep 
to slaughter
  and set them apart for the day of killing. 4 How long will the land mourn
  and the grass of every field wither? Because of the evil of its residents,
  animals and birds have been 
swept away ,
  for the people have said,
  “He cannot see what our end will be.”  c
THE LORD’S RESPONSE
 5 If you have raced with runners
  and they have worn you out,
  how can you compete with horses? If you stumble d in a peaceful land,
  what will you do in the thickets 
of the Jordan?


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6 Even your brothers  —  
your own father’s family —
  even they were treacherous to you;
  even they have cried out loudly 
after you. Do not have confidence in them,
  though they speak well of you. 7 I have abandoned my house;
  I have deserted my inheritance. I have handed the love of my life
  over to her enemies. 8 My inheritance has behaved toward me
  like a lion in the forest. She has roared against me. Therefore, I hate her. 9 Is my inheritance like a hyena  e to me? Are birds of prey circling her?


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Go, gather all the wild animals;
  bring them to devour her. 10 Many shepherds have destroyed 
my vineyard;
  they have trampled my plot of land. They have turned my desirable plot
  into a desolate wasteland. 11 They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before me. All the land is desolate,
  but no one takes it to heart. 12 Over all the barren heights 
in the wilderness
  the destroyers have come,
  for the Lord has a sword that devours
  from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace.


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Be put to shame by your harvests
  because of the Lord’s burning anger. 14  This  is  what  the  L ord  says: “Con cern ing 
 all  my  evil neigh bors  who at tack  the in her i-
tance  that  I bequeathed  to  my peo ple, Is ra el, 
 I  am  about  to up root  them  from  their  land, 
 and  I  will up root  the  house  of Ju dah  from 
 them. 15 Af ter  I  have up root ed  them,  I  will  once 
 again  have com pas sion  on  them  and re turn 
 each  one  to  his in her i tance  and  to  his  land. 16  If  they  will dil i gent ly  learn  the  ways  of  my 
peo ple  —   to  swear  by  my  name, ‘ As  the  L ord 
 lives,’  just  as  they  taught  my peo ple  to  swear 
 by  Baal  —   they  will  be  built  up  among  my 
peo ple.


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17 How ev er,  if  they  will  not  obey ,  then 
 I  will up root  and de stroy  that na tion.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. LINEN UNDERWEAR
13 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  said  to  me: “ Go 
 and  buy your self  a lin en un der gar ment 
 and  put  it  on. f  But  do  not  put  it  in wa ter.” 2  So 
 I  bought underwear  as  the  L ord in struct ed 
 me  and  put  it  on. 3  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  a 
sec ond  time: 4 “ Take  the underwear  that  you 
 bought  and  are wear ing, g  and  go  at  once  to 
 the Eu phra tes h  and  hide  it  in  a  rocky crev ice.” 
5  So  I  went  and  hid  it  by  the Eu phra tes,  as  the 
 L ord com mand ed  me. 6  A  long  time lat er  the  L ord  said  to  me, “ Go  at 
 once  to  the Eu phra tes  and  get  the underwear 
 that  I com mand ed  you  to  hide  there.” 7  So  I  went 
 to  the Eu phra tes  and  dug  up  the underwear 
 and  got  it  from  the  place  where  I  had hid den 
 it,  but  it  was ru ined  —   of  no  use  at  all. 8  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
9 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Just  like  this  I 
 will  ruin  the  great  pride  of  both Ju dah  and 
Je ru sa lem. 10  These  evil peo ple,  who re fuse  to 
a12:2 Lit are near in their mouth   b12:2 Lit kidneys   c12:4 LXX reads see our ways   d12:5 Or you are secure   e12:9 Hb 
obscure   f13:1 Lit around your waist   g13:4 Lit wearing around your waist   h13:4-7 Perhaps a place near Anathoth with the 
same spelling as the river
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lis ten  to  me,  who fol low  the stub born ness  of 
 their  own  hearts,  and  who  have fol lowed oth er 
 gods  to  serve  and  bow  in wor ship  —   they  will 
 be  like  this underwear,  of  no  use  at  all. 11  Just  as 
underwear  clings  to  one’s  waist,  so  I fas tened 
 the  whole  house  of Is ra el  and  of Ju dah  to  me”  
—   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ so  that 
 they  might  be  my peo ple  for  my  fame,  praise, 
 and glo ry ,  but  they  would  not  obey . THE WINE JARS
12 “ Say  this  to  them: ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says: Ev ery  jar  should  be  filled 
 with  wine.’  Then  they  will re spond  to  you, ‘ Don’t 
 we  know  that ev ery  jar  should  be  filled  with 
 wine? ’ 13  And  you  will  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:  I  am  about  to  fill  all  who  live  in 
 this  land  —   the  kings  who  reign  for Da vid  on 
 his  throne,  the  priests,  the proph ets,  and  all  the 
res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  —   with drunk en ness.


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14  I  will  smash  them  against  each oth er, fa thers 
 and  sons  alike  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. I  will al low  no mer cy ,  pity ,  or com pas sion  to 
 keep  me  from de stroy ing  them.’ ”
THE LORD’S WARNING
 15 Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,
  for the Lord has spoken. 16 Give glory to the Lord your God
  before he brings darkness,
  before your feet stumble
  on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light,
  but he brings darkest gloom  a
  and makes total darkness. 17 But if you will not listen,
  my innermost being will weep in secret
  because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears,
  for the Lord’s flock has been 
taken captive. 18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
  Take a humble seat,
  for your glorious crowns
  have fallen from your heads. 19 The cities of the Negev are under siege;
  no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile,
  taken completely into exile. 20 Look up and see
  those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you,
  the sheep that were your pride? THE DESTINY OF JERUSALEM
 21 What will you say when he appoints
  close friends as leaders over you,
  ones you yourself trained? Won’t labor pains seize you,
  as they do a woman in labor?


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22 And when you ask yourself,
  “Why have these things happened 
to me? ”
  it is because of your great guilt
  that your skirts have been stripped off,
  your body exposed. b
 23 Can the Cushite change his skin,
  or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do 
what is good,
  you who are instructed in evil.


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24 I will scatter you  c like drifting chaff
  before the desert wind. 25 This is your lot,
  what I have decreed for you —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  because you have forgotten me
  and trusted in lies. 26 I will pull your skirts up over your face
  so that your shame might be seen. 27 Your adulteries and 
your lustful neighing,
  your depraved prostitution
  on the hills, in the fields —
  I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem!


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You are unclean —
  for how long yet? THE DROUGHT
14 
 This  is  the  word  of  the  L ord  that  came 
 to Jer e mi ah con cern ing  the  drought:
 2 Judah mourns;
  her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground 
in mourning;
  Jerusalem’s cry rises up.


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3 Their nobles send their servants  d 
for water. They go to the cisterns;
  they find no water;
  their containers return empty . They are ashamed and humiliated;
  they cover their heads. a13:16 Or brings a shadow of death   b13:22 Lit your heels have suffered violence   c13:24 Lit them   d14:3 Lit little ones
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 4 The ground is cracked
  since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed;
  they cover their heads. 5 Even the doe in the field
  gives birth and abandons her fawn
  since there is no grass. 6 Wild donkeys stand 
on the barren heights
  panting for air like jackals. Their eyes fail
  because there are no green plants. 7 Though our iniquities testify 
against us,
  L ord, act for your name’s sake.


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Indeed, our rebellions are many;
  we have sinned against you. 8 Hope of Israel,
  its Savior in time of distress,
  why are you like a resident alien 
in the land,
  like a traveler stopping only 
for the night? 9 Why are you like a helpless man,
  like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, Lord,
  and we bear your name.


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Don’t leave us! 10  This  is  what  the  L ord  says con cern ing 
 these peo ple:
  Truly they love to wander;
  they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them.


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Now he will remember their iniquity
  and punish their sins. FALSE PROPHETS TO BE PUNISHED
11  Then  the  L ord  said  to  me, “ Do  not  pray  for 
 the well-being  of  these peo ple. 12  If  they  fast,  I 
 will  not  hear  their  cry  of de spair.


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If  they off  er 
 burnt off  er ing  and  grain off  er ing,  I  will  not 
ac cept  them. Rath er,  I  will fin ish  them  off  by 
 sword, fam ine,  and  plague.”
13  And  I re plied, “ Oh  no,  Lord  G od! The proph-
ets  are tell ing  them, ‘ You  won’t  see  sword  or 
suff  er fam ine. I  will cer tain ly  give  you last ing 
 peace  in  this  place.’ ”
14  But  the  L ord  said  to  me, “ These proph-
ets  are proph e sy ing  a  lie  in  my  name. I  did 
 not  send  them,  nor  did  I com mand  them  or 
 speak  to  them. They  are proph e sy ing  to  you 
 a  false vi sion, worth less div i na tion,  the de ceit 
 of  their  own  minds. 15 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says con-
cern ing  the proph ets  who proph e sy  in  my 
 name,  though  I  did  not  send  them,  and  who 
 say , ‘ There  will nev er  be  sword  or fam ine  in 
 this  land.’  By  sword  and fam ine  these proph-
ets  will  meet  their  end. 16  The peo ple  they  are 
proph e sy ing  to  will  be  thrown  into  the  streets 
 of Je ru sa lem be cause  of  the fam ine  and  the 
 sword. There  will  be  no  one  to  bury  them  —  
 they ,  their  wives,  their  sons,  and  their daugh-
ters. I  will  pour  out  their  own  evil  on  them.”
JEREMIAH’S REQUEST
 17 You are to speak this word to them:
  Let my eyes overflow with tears;
  day and night may they not stop,
  for the virgin daughter of my people
  has been destroyed by a crushing blow ,
  an extremely severe wound. 18 If I go out to the field,
  look  —  those slain by the sword!


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If I enter the city ,
  look  —  those ill from famine! For both prophet and priest
  travel to a land they do not know . 19 Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you detest Zion? Why do you strike us
  with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace,
  but there was nothing good;
  for a time of healing,
  but there was only terror. 20 We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,
  the iniquity of our fathers;
  indeed, we have sinned against you. 21 For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us;
  do not break it. 22 Can any of the worthless idols 
of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are you not the Lord our God?


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We therefore put our hope in you,
  for you have done all these things. THE LORD’S NEGATIVE RESPONSE
15 
 Then  the  L ord  said  to  me: “ Even  if Mo ses 
 and Sam uel  should  stand be fore  me,  my 
com pas sions  would  not  reach  out  to  these 
peo ple. Send  them  from  my pres ence,  and  let 
 them  go.


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2  If  they  ask  you, ‘ Where  will  we  go? ’ 
 tell  them:  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
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  Those destined for death, to death;
  those destined for the sword, 
to the sword. Those destined for famine, to famine;
  those destined for captivity , to captivity . 3 “ I  will or dain  four  kinds a  of judg ment  for 
 them”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ the 
 sword  to  kill,  the  dogs  to  drag  away ,  and  the  birds 
 of  the  sky  and  the  wild an i mals  of  the  land  to  
de vour  and de stroy . 4  I  will  make  them  a hor-
ror  to  all  the king doms  of  the  earth be cause  of 
Ma nas seh  son  of Hez e ki ah,  the  king  of Ju dah, 
 for  what  he  did  in Je ru sa lem. 5 Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?


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Who will turn aside
  to ask about your well-being? 6 You have left me.”
  This is the Lord’s declaration. “You have turned your back,
  so I have stretched out my hand 
against you
  and destroyed you. I am tired of showing compassion. 7 I scattered them with a winnowing fork
  at the city gates of the land. I made them childless; I destroyed 
my people. They would not turn from their ways. 8 I made their widows more numerous
  than the sand of the seas. I brought a destroyer at noon
  against the mother of young men. I suddenly released on her
  agitation and terrors. 9 The mother of seven grew faint;
  she breathed her last breath. Her sun set while it was still day;
  she was ashamed and humiliated. The rest of them I will give over 
to the sword
  in the presence of their enemies.”
  This is the Lord’s declaration. JEREMIAH’S COMPLAINT
 10 Woe is me, my mother,
  that you gave birth to me,
  a man who incites dispute and conflict
  in all the land. I did not lend or borrow ,
  yet everyone curses me.


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THE LORD’S RESPONSE
11  The  L ord  said:
  Haven’t I set you loose for your good? Haven’t I punished you
  in a time of trouble,
  in a time of distress with the enemy? b
 12 Can anyone smash iron,
  iron from the north, or bronze? 13 I will give up your wealth
  and your treasures as plunder,
  without cost, for all your sins
  in all your borders. 14 Then I will make you serve 
your enemies c
  in a land you do not know ,
  for my anger will kindle a fire
  that will burn against you. JEREMIAH’S PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE
 15 You know , Lord;
  remember me and take note of me. Avenge me against my persecutors.


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In your patience, d don’t take me away . Know that I suffer disgrace 
for your honor. 16 Your words were found,  
and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me
  and the joy of my heart,
  for I bear your name,
  L ord God of Armies. 17 I never sat with the band of revelers,
  and I did not celebrate with them. Because your hand was on me, 
I sat alone,
  for you filled me with indignation. 18 Why has my pain become unending,
  my wound incurable,
  refusing to be healed?


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You truly have become like a mirage 
to me —
  water that is not reliable. JEREMIAH TOLD TO REPENT
19 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  If you return, I will take you back;
  you will stand in my presence. And if you speak noble words,
  rather than worthless ones,
  you will be my spokesman.


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It is they who must return to you;
  you must not return to them. a15:3 Lit families   b15:11 Hb obscure   c15:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg; other Hb mss read you pass through   d15:15 Lit In the 
slowness of your anger
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 20 Then I will make you a fortified wall 
of bronze
  to this people. They will fight against you
  but will not overcome you,
  for I am with you
  to save you and rescue you. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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21 I will rescue you from the power 
of evil people
  and redeem you from the grasp 
of the ruthless. NO MARRIAGE FOR JEREMIAH
16 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Do 
 not mar ry  or  have  sons  or daugh ters 
 in  this  place. 3  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says 
con cern ing  sons  and daugh ters  born  in  this 
 place  as  well  as con cern ing  the moth ers  who 
 bear  them  and  the fa thers  who fa ther  them  in 
 this  land: 4  They  will  die  from dead ly dis eas es. They  will  not  be  mourned  or bur ied  but  will 
 be  like ma nure  on  the soil’s sur face. They  will 
 be fin ished  off  by  sword  and fam ine. Their 
 corpses  will be come  food  for  the  birds  of  the 
 sky  and  for  the  wild an i mals  of  the  land. 5 “ For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Don’t en ter  a 
 house  where  a mourn ing  feast  is tak ing  place. a 
 Don’t  go  to la ment  or sym pa thize  with  them, 
 for  I  have re moved  my  peace  from  these peo ple 
 as  well  as  my faith ful  love  and com pas sion.” 
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 6 “ Both  great  and 
 small  will  die  in  this  land with out buri al. No 
la ment  will  be  made  for  them,  nor  will any one 
 cut him self  or  shave  his  head  for  them. b 7  Food 
 won’t  be pro vid ed  for  the mourner  to com fort 
 him be cause  of  the  dead. A con sol ing  drink 
 won’t  be giv en  him  for  the  loss  of  his fa ther  or 
moth er. 8  Do  not en ter  the  house  where feast-
ing  is tak ing  place  to  sit  with  them  to  eat  and 
 drink. 9  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  am  about  to elim i nate 
 from  this  place, be fore  your  very  eyes  and  in 
 your  time,  the  sound  of  joy  and glad ness,  the 
 voice  of  the groom  and  the  bride. ABANDONING THE LORD AND HIS LAW
10 “ When  you  tell  these peo ple  all  these  things, 
 they  will  say  to  you, ‘ Why  has  the  L ord de clared 
 all  this ter ri ble di sas ter  against  us? What  is  our 
in iq ui ty?


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What  is  our  sin  that  we  have com mit-
ted  against  the  L ord  our  God? ’ 11  Then  you  will 
an swer  them, ‘Be cause  your fa thers aban doned 
 me  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   and 
fol lowed oth er  gods,  served  them,  and  bowed 
 in wor ship  to  them. In deed,  they aban doned 
 me  and  did  not  keep  my in struc tion. 12  You  did 
 more  evil  than  your fa thers. Look,  each  one 
 of  you  was fol low ing  the stub born ness  of  his 
 evil  heart,  not obey ing  me. 13  So  I  will  hurl  you 
 from  this  land  into  a  land  that  you  and  your 
fa thers  are  not fa mil iar  with. There  you  will 
wor ship oth er  gods  both  day  and  night,  for  I 
 will  not  grant  you  grace.’ c
14 “How ev er,  look,  the  days  are com ing”  —  
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ when  it  will  no lon-
ger  be  said, ‘ As  the  L ord  lives  who  brought  the 
Is ra el ites  from  the  land  of  Egypt,’ 15  but rath er, 
‘ As  the  L ord  lives  who  brought  the Is ra el ites 
 from  the  land  of  the  north  and  from  all  the 
oth er  lands  where  he  had ban ished  them.’  For 
 I  will re turn  them  to  their  land  that  I  gave  to 
 their an ces tors. PUNISHMENT OF EXILE
16 “ I  am  about  to  send  for  many fish er men”  
—   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ and  they 
 will  fish  for  them. Then  I  will  send  for  many 
hunt ers,  and  they  will  hunt  them  down  on 
ev ery moun tain  and  hill  and  out  of  the  clefts 
 of  the  rocks, 17  for  my  gaze  takes  in  all  their 
 ways.


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18  I 
 will  first re pay  them dou ble  for  their in iq ui ty 
 and  sin be cause  they  have pol lut ed  my  land. They  have  filled  my in her i tance  with  the car-
cass es  of  their ab hor rent  and de test able  idols.”
 19 Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
  my refuge in a time of distress,
  the nations will come to you
  from the ends of the earth, 
and they will say ,
  “Our fathers inherited only lies,
  worthless idols of no benefit at all.”
 20 Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods. 21 “Therefore, I am about to inform them,
  and this time I will make them know
  my power and my might;
  then they will know that my name 
is the Lord.”
THE PERSISTENT SIN OF JUDAH
17 
The sin of Judah is inscribed
with an iron stylus. With a diamond point
a16:5 Lit house of mourning   b16:6 This custom demonstrated pagan mourning rituals.


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  it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts
  and on the horns of their  a altars,
 2 while their children remember 
their altars
  and their Asherah poles, 
by the green trees
  on the high hills —
 3 my mountains in the countryside. I will give up your wealth
  and all your treasures as plunder
  because of the sin of your high places  b
  in all your borders. 4 You will, on your own, relinquish 
your inheritance
  that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies
  in a land you do not know ,
  for you have set my anger on fire;
  it will burn forever. CURSE AND BLESSING
5  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Cursed is the person who trusts 
in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength,
  and his heart turns from the Lord. 6 He will be like a juniper in the Arabah;
  he cannot see when good comes
  but dwells in the parched places 
in the wilderness,
  in a salt land where no one lives. 7 The person who trusts in the Lord,
  whose confidence indeed is the Lord, 
is blessed. 8 He will be like a tree planted by water:
  it sends its roots out toward a stream,
  it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
  and its foliage remains green.


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It will not worry in a year of drought
  or cease producing fruit. THE DECEITFUL HEART
 9 The heart is more deceitful 
than anything else,
  and incurable  —  who can understand it? 10 I, the Lord, examine the mind,
  I test the heart  c
  to give to each according to his way ,
  according to what his actions deserve. 11 He who makes a fortune unjustly
  is like a partridge that hatches eggs 
it didn’t lay . In the middle of his life
  his riches will abandon him,
  so in the end he will be a fool. 12 A glorious throne
  on high from the beginning
  is the place of our sanctuary . 13 Lord, the hope of Israel,
  all who abandon you
  will be put to shame. All who turn away from me
  will be written in the dirt,
  for they have abandoned
  the Lord, the fountain of living water. JEREMIAH’S PLEA
 14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
  save me, and I will be saved,
  for you are my praise. 15 Hear how they keep challenging me,
  “Where is the word of the Lord?


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Let it come! ”
 16 But I have not run away from being 
your shepherd,
  and I have not longed for the fatal day . You know my words were spoken 
in your presence. 17 Don’t become a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of disaster. 18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
  but don’t let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but don’t let me 
be terrified.


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Bring on them the day of disaster;
  shatter them with total  d destruction. OBSERVING THE SABBATH
19  This  is  what  the  L ord  said  to  me, “ Go  and 
 stand  at  the Peo ple’s  Gate,  through  which  the 
 kings  of Ju dah en ter  and  leave,  as  well  as  at  all 
 the  gates  of Je ru sa lem. 20 An nounce  to  them, 
‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord,  kings  of Ju dah,  all 
Ju dah,  and  all  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  who 
en ter  through  these  gates. 21  This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:  Watch your selves;  do  not  pick  up  a 
 load  and  bring  it  in  through Je ru sa lem’s  gates 
 on  the Sab bath  day . 22  Do  not car ry  a  load  out 
 of  your hous es  on  the Sab bath  day  or  do  any 
 work,  but  keep  the Sab bath  day  holy ,  just  as  I 
com mand ed  your an ces tors.


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23  They  wouldn’t 
lis ten  or  pay at ten tion  but be came ob sti nate, 
 not lis ten ing  or ac cept ing dis ci pline.


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a17:1 Some Hb mss, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read your   b17:3 Lit plunder, your high places because of sin   c17:10 Lit kidneys   
d17:18 Lit double
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24 “ ‘How ev er,  if  you lis ten  to  me  —   this  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   and  do  not  bring 
 loads  through  the  gates  of  this  city  on  the 
Sab bath  day ,  but  keep  the Sab bath  day  holy 
 and  do  no  work  on  it, 25  kings  and princ es  will 
en ter  through  the  gates  of  this  city . They  will 
 sit  on  the  throne  of Da vid;  they  will  ride  in 
char i ots  and  on hors es  with  their of fi cials, 
 the  men  of Ju dah,  and  the res i dents  of Je-
ru sa lem. This  city  will  be in hab it ed for ev er. 26  Then peo ple  will  come  from  the cit ies  of 
Ju dah  and  from  the  area  around Je  ru sa-
lem,  from  the  land  of Ben ja min  and  from 
 the Ju de an foot hills,  from  the  hill coun try 
 and  from  the Ne gev bring ing  burnt of fer ings 
 and sac ri fic es,  grain of fer ings  and frank in-
cense,  and  thank of fer ings  to  the  house  of 
 the  L ord. 27  But  if  you  do  not lis ten  to  me  to 
 keep  the Sab bath  day  holy  by  not car ry ing  a 
 load  while en ter ing  the  gates  of Je ru sa lem 
 on  the Sab bath  day ,  I  will  set  fire  to  its  gates, 
 and  it  will con sume  the cit a dels  of Je ru sa lem 
 and  not  be ex tin guished.’ ”
PARABLE OF THE POTTER
18 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi-
ah  from  the  L ord: 2 “ Go  down  at  once 
 to  the pot ter’s  house;  there  I  will re veal  my 
 words  to  you.” 3  So  I  went  down  to  the pot ter’s 
 house,  and  there  he  was, work ing  away  at  the 
 wheel. a 4  But  the  jar  that  he  was mak ing  from 
 the  clay be came flawed  in  the pot ter’s  hand, 
 so  he  made  it  into an oth er  jar,  as  it  seemed 
 right  for  him  to  do.


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5  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 6 “ House 
 of Is ra el,  can  I  not  treat  you  as  this pot ter  treats 
 his  clay? ”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. “ Just  like  clay  in  the pot ter’s  hand,  so  are  you 
 in  my  hand,  house  of Is ra el. 7  At  one mo ment 
 I  might an nounce con cern ing  a na tion  or  a 
king dom  that  I  will up root,  tear  down,  and de-
stroy  it. 8 How ev er,  if  that na tion  about  which 
 I  have  made  the an nounce ment  turns  from  its 
 evil,  I  will re lent con cern ing  the di sas ter  I  had 
 planned  to  do  to  it. 9  At an oth er  time  I  might 
an nounce con cern ing  a na tion  or  a king dom 
 that  I  will  build  and  plant  it. 10 How ev er,  if  it 
 does  what  is  evil  in  my  sight  by  not lis ten ing 
 to  me,  I  will re lent con cern ing  the  good  I  had 
 said  I  would  do  to  it. 11  So  now ,  say  to  the  men 
 of Ju dah  and  to  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem, 
‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Look,  I  am  about 
 to  bring  harm  to  you  and  make  plans  against 
 you. Turn  now ,  each  from  your  evil  way ,  and 
cor rect  your  ways  and  your  deeds.’ 12  But  they 
 will  say , ‘ It’s hope less. We  will con tin ue  to fol-
low  our  plans,  and  each  of  us  will con tin ue 
 to  act ac cord ing  to  the stub born ness  of  his 
 evil  heart.’ ”
DELUDED ISRAEL
13 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Ask among the nations,
  who has heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done 
a most horrible thing.


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14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave 
the highland crags? Or does cold water flowing 
from a distance ever fail?


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15 Yet my people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless idols
  that make them stumble in their ways
  on the ancient roads,
  and make them walk on new paths, 
not the highway . 16 They have made their land a horror,
  a perpetual object of scorn;  b
  all who pass by it will be appalled
  and shake their heads. 17 I will scatter them before the enemy 
like the east wind. I will show them  c my back and not 
my face
  on the day of their calamity . PLOT AGAINST JEREMIAH
18  Then cer tain  ones  said, “ Come,  let’s  make 
 plans  against Jer e mi ah,  for in struc tion  will 
nev er  be  lost  from  the  priest,  or coun sel  from 
 the  wise,  or  a  word  from  the proph et. Come, 
 let’s de nounce  him d  and  pay  no at ten tion  to 
 all  his  words.”
 19 Pay attention to me, Lord.


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20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you
  to speak good on their behalf,
  to turn your anger from them. 21 Therefore, hand their children 
over to famine,
  and give them over to the power of the 
sword. a18:3 Lit pair of stones   b18:16 Lit hissing   c18:17 LXX, Lat, Syr , Tg; MT reads will look at them   d18:18 Lit let’s strike him with 
the tongue
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  Let their wives become childless 
and widowed,
  their husbands slain 
by deadly disease, a
  their young men struck down 
by the sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses
  when you suddenly bring raiders 
against them,
  for they have dug a pit to capture me
  and have hidden snares for my feet. 23 But you, Lord, know
  all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their iniquity;
  do not blot out their sin before you.


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Let them be forced to stumble 
before you;
  deal with them in the time of your anger. THE CLAY JAR
19 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says: “ Go,  buy  a 
pot ter’s  clay  jar. Take b  some  of  the el ders 
 of  the peo ple  and  some  of  the lead ing  priests 
2  and  go  out  to  Ben Hin nom V al ley  near  the 
en trance  of  the Pot sherd  Gate. Pro claim  there 
 the  words  I  speak  to  you. 3  Say , ‘ Hear  the  word 
 of  the  L ord,  kings  of Ju dah  and res i dents  of 
Je ru sa lem. This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  am go ing  to  bring 
 such di sas ter  on  this  place  that ev ery one  who 
 hears  about  it  will shud der c 4 be cause  they 
 have aban doned  me  and  made  this  a for eign 
 place. They  have  burned in cense  in  it  to oth er 
 gods  that  they ,  their fa thers,  and  the  kings  of 
Ju dah  have nev er  known.


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They  have  filled  this 
 place  with  the  blood  of  the in no cent. 5  They 
 have  built  high plac es  to  Baal  on  which  to  burn 
 their chil dren  in  the  fire  as  burnt off  er ings  to 
 Baal, some thing  I  have nev er com mand ed  or 
men tioned;  I nev er en ter tained  the  thought. d
6 “ ‘There fore,  look,  the  days  are com ing  —  
 this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   when  this 
 place  will  no lon ger  be  called To pheth  and 
 Ben Hin nom V al ley ,  but Slaugh ter V al ley . 7  I 
 will  spoil  the  plans  of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  in 
 this  place.


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I  will  make  them  fall  by  the  sword 
be fore  their en e mies,  by  the  hand  of  those 
 who in tend  to  take  their  life. I  will pro vide 
 their  corpses  as  food  for  the  birds  of  the  sky 
 and  for  the  wild an i mals  of  the  land. 8  I  will 
 make  this  city des o late,  an ob ject  of  scorn. Ev ery one  who pass es  by  it  will  be ap palled 
 and  scoff be cause  of  all  its  wounds. 9  I  will 
 make  them  eat  the  flesh  of  their  sons  and  their 
daugh ters,  and  they  will  eat  each oth er’s  flesh 
 in  the dis tress ing  siege in flict ed  on  them  by 
 their en e mies  who in tend  to  take  their  life.’
10 “ Then  you  are  to shat ter  the  jar  in  the pres-
ence  of  the peo ple go ing  with  you, 11  and  you 
 are  to pro claim  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 of Ar mies  says:  I  will shat ter  these peo ple  and 
 this  city ,  like  one shat ters  a pot ter’s  jar  that 
 can nev er  again  be mend ed. They  will  bury 
 the  dead  in To pheth be cause  there  is  no oth er 
 place  for buri als. 12  That  is  what  I  will  do  to  this 
 place  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  L ord  
—   and  to  its res i dents, mak ing  this  city  like 
To pheth. 13  The hous es  of Je ru sa lem  and  the 
hous es  of  the  kings  of Ju dah  will be come im-
pure  like  that  place To pheth  —   all  the hous es 
 on  whose rooftops  they  have  burned in cense 
 to  all  the  stars  in  the  sky  and  poured  out  drink 
off  er ings  to oth er  gods.’ ”
14 Jer e mi ah re turned  from To pheth,  where 
 the  L ord  had  sent  him  to proph e sy ,  stood  in 
 the court yard  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and pro-
claimed  to  all  the peo ple, 15 “ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ I  am 
 about  to  bring  on  this  city  —   and  on  all  its 
cit ies  —  ev ery di sas ter  that  I  spoke  against  it, 
 for  they  have be come ob sti nate,  not obey ing 
 my  words.’ ”
JEREMIAH BEATEN BY PASHHUR
20 
Pash hur  the  priest,  the  son  of Im mer  and 
 chief off  i cial  in  the tem ple  of  the  L ord, 
 heard Jer e mi ah proph e sy ing  these  things. 2  So 
Pash hur  had  the proph et Jer e mi ah beat en  and 
 put  him  in  the  stocks  at  the Up per Ben ja min 
 Gate  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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3  The  next  day ,  when 
Pash hur re leased Jer e mi ah  from  the  stocks, 
Jer e mi ah  said  to  him, “ The  L ord  does  not  call 
 you Pash hur,  but Ter ror  Is  on Ev ery  Side, e 4  for 
 this  is  what  the  L ord  says, ‘ I  am  about  to  make 
 you  a ter ror  to  both your self  and  those  you 
 love. They  will  fall  by  the  sword  of  their en e-
mies be fore  your  very  eyes.


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I  will  hand Ju dah 
 over  to  the  king  of Bab ylon,  and  he  will deport 
 them  to Bab ylon  and  put  them  to  the  sword. 5  I  will  give  away  all  the  wealth  of  this  city ,  all 
 its prod ucts  and valu ables. In deed,  I  will  hand 
 all  the trea sures  of  the  kings  of Ju dah  over  to 
 their en e mies. They  will plun der  them,  seize 
 them,  and car ry  them  off  to Bab ylon. 6  As  for 
a18:21 Lit by death   b19:1 Syr , Tg; MT omits Take   c19:3 Lit about it, his ears will tingle ; Hb obscure   d19:5 Lit mentioned, and 
it did not arise on my heart   e20:3 = Magor-missabib
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 you, Pash hur,  and  all  who  live  in  your  house, 
 you  will  go  into cap tiv i ty . You  will  go  to Bab-
ylon. There  you  will  die,  and  there  you  will 
 be bur ied,  you  and  all  your  friends  to  whom 
 you proph e sied  lies.’ ”
JEREMIAH COMPELLED TO PREACH
 7 You deceived me, Lord, 
and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed.


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I am a laughingstock all the time;
  everyone ridicules me. 8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
  I proclaim, “Violence and destruction! ”
  so the word of the Lord has become my
  constant disgrace and derision. 9 I say , “I won’t mention him
  or speak any longer in his name.”
  But his message becomes a fire burning 
in my heart,
  shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in,
  and I cannot prevail. 10 For I have heard the gossip 
of many people,
  “Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!


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”
  Everyone I trusted  a watches for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived
  so that we might prevail against him
  and take our vengeance on him.”
 11 But the Lord is with me 
like a violent warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble 
and not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, 
they will be utterly shamed,
  an everlasting humiliation that will 
never be forgotten. 12 Lord of Armies, testing the righteous
  and seeing the heart  b and mind,
  let me see your vengeance on them,
  for I have presented my case to you. 13 Sing to the Lord!


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Praise the Lord,
  for he rescues the life of the needy
  from evil people. JEREMIAH’S LAMENT
 14 May the day I was born
  be cursed. May the day my mother bore me
  never be blessed. 15 May the man be cursed
  who brought the news 
to my father, saying,
  “ A male child is born to you,”
  bringing him great joy . 16 Let that man be like the cities
  the Lord demolished 
without compassion. Let him hear an outcry in the morning
  and a war cry at noontime
 17 because he didn’t kill me in the womb
  so that my mother might have been 
my grave,
  her womb eternally pregnant. 18 Why did I come out of the womb
  to see only struggle and sorrow ,
  to end my life in shame? ZEDEKIAH’S REQUEST DENIED
21 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 from  the  L ord  when  King Zed e ki ah  sent 
Pash hur  son  of Mal chi jah  and  the  priest Zeph-
a ni ah  son  of Ma a se iah  to Jer e mi ah, ask ing, 
2 “In quire  of  the  L ord  on  our be half,  since  King 
Neb u chad nez zar c  of Bab ylon  is mak ing  war 
 against  us. Per haps  the  L ord  will per form  for  us 
some thing  like  all  his  past won drous  works  so 
 that Neb u chad nez zar  will with draw  from  us.”
3  But Jer e mi ah an swered, “ This  is  what  you 
 are  to  say  to Zed e ki ah: 4 ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  am  about  to repel 
 the weap ons  of  war  in  your  hands,  those  you 
 are us ing  to  fight  the  king  of Bab ylon  and  the 
Chal de ans d  who  are be sieg ing  you out side  the 
 wall,  and  I  will  bring  them  into  the cen ter  of 
 this  city . 5  I my self  will  fight  against  you  with 
 an out stretched  hand  and  a  strong  arm,  with 
an ger,  rage,  and in tense  wrath.


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They  will  die  in  a se vere  plague. 7 Af ter ward  
—   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   King Zed-
e ki ah  of Ju dah,  his off  i cers,  and  the peo ple  
—   those  in  this  city  who sur vive  the  plague, 
 the  sword,  and  the fam ine  —   I  will  hand  over 
 to  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon,  to  their 
en e mies,  yes,  to  those  who in tend  to  take  their 
 lives. He  will  put  them  to  the  sword;  he  won’t 
 spare  them  or  show  pity  or com pas sion.’
A WARNING FOR THE PEOPLE
8 “ But  tell  this peo ple, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 says:  Look,  I  am set ting be fore  you  the  way 
 of  life  and  the  way  of  death. 9 Who ev er  stays 
a20:10 Lit Every man of my peace   b20:12 Lit kidneys   c21:2 Lit Nebuchadrezzar   d21:4 = Babylonians
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 in  this  city  will  die  by  the  sword, fam ine,  and 
 plague,  but who ev er  goes  out  and sur ren ders 
 to  the Chal de ans  who  are be sieg ing  you  will 
 live  and  will re tain  his  life  like  the  spoils  of 
 war. 10  For  I  have  set  my  face  against  this  city 
 to  bring di sas ter  and  not  good  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion. It  will  be hand ed  over  to 
 the  king  of Bab ylon,  who  will  burn  it.’
11 “ And  to  the  house  of  the  king  of Ju dah  say 
 this: ‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord! 12  House  of 
Da vid,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Administer justice every morning,
  and rescue the victim of robbery
  from his oppressor,
  or my anger will flare up like fire
  and burn unquenchably
  because of your evil deeds. 13 Beware! I am against you,
  you who sit above the valley ,
  you atop the rocky plateau —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  you who say , “Who can come down 
against us? Who can enter our hiding places? ”
 14 I will punish you according to 
what you have done —
  this is the Lord’s declaration. I will kindle a fire in your forest
  that will consume everything 
around it.’ ”
JUDGMENT AGAINST SINFUL KINGS
22 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says: “ Go  down 
 to  the pal ace  of  the  king  of Ju dah  and 
an nounce  this  word  there. 2  You  are  to  say , 
‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord,  king  of Ju dah,  you 
 who  sit  on  the  throne  of Da vid  —   you,  your 
off  i cers,  and  your peo ple  who en ter  these 
 gates. 3  This  is  what  the  L ord  says: Ad min is ter 
jus tice  and righ teous ness. Res cue  the vic tim 
 of rob bery  from  his op pres sor.


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Don’t ex ploit 
 or bru tal ize  the res i dent  alien,  the fa ther less, 
 or  the wid ow . Don’t  shed in no cent  blood  in 
 this  place. 4  For  if  you conscientiously car ry 
 out  this  word,  then  kings sit ting  on Da vid’s 
 throne  will en ter  through  the  gates  of  this 
pal ace rid ing  on char i ots  and hors es  —   they , 
 their off  i cers,  and  their peo ple. 5  But  if  you  do 
 not  obey  these  words,  then  I  swear  by my self  
—   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   that  this 
 house  will be come  a  ruin.’ ”
6  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says con cern ing 
 the  house  of  the  king  of Ju dah:
  “You are like Gilead to me,
  or the summit of Lebanon,
  but I will certainly turn you 
into a wilderness,
  uninhabited cities. 7 I will set apart destroyers against you,
  each with his weapons.


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They will cut down the choicest 
of your cedars
  and throw them into the fire. 8 “ Many na tions  will  pass  by  this  city  and 
 ask  one an oth er, ‘ Why  did  the  L ord  do  such 
 a  thing  to  this  great  city? ’ 9  They  will an swer, 
‘Be cause  they aban doned  the cov enant  of  the 
 L ord  their  God  and  bowed  in wor ship  to oth er 
 gods  and  served  them.’ ”
A MESSAGE CONCERNING SHALLUM
 10 Do not weep for the dead;
  do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one 
who has gone away ,
  for he will never return again
  and see his native land. 11  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says con cern ing 
Shal lum  son  of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah,  who 
be came  king  in  place  of  his fa ther Jo si ah, 
 and  who  has  left  this  place: “ He  will nev er 
re turn  here  again, 12  but  he  will  die  in  the  place 
 where  they de port ed  him, nev er see ing  this 
 land  again.”
A MESSAGE CONCERNING JEHOIAKIM
 13 Woe for the one who builds his palace
  through unrighteousness,
  his upstairs rooms through injustice,
  who makes his neighbor serve 
without pay
  and will not give him his wages,
 14 who says, “I will build myself 
a massive palace,
  with spacious upstairs rooms.”
  He will cut windows  a in it,
  and it will be paneled with cedar
  and painted bright red. 15 Are you a king because you excel 
in cedar?


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Then it went well with him. a22:14 Lit my windows
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 16 He took up the case of the poor 
and needy;
  then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me?


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This is the Lord’s declaration. 17 But you have eyes and a heart 
for nothing
  except your own dishonest profit,
  shedding innocent blood
  and committing extortion 
and oppression. 18 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says 
con cern ing Je hoi a kim  son  of Jo si ah,  king 
 of Ju dah:
  They will not mourn for him, saying,
  “Woe, my brother! ” or “Woe, my sister!


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Woe, his majesty! ”
 19 He will be buried like a donkey ,
  dragged off and thrown
  outside Jerusalem’s gates. 20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out;
  raise your voice in Bashan;
  cry out from Abarim,
  for all your lovers  a have been crushed. 21 I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, “I will not listen.”
  This has been your way since youth;
  indeed, you have never listened to me. 22 The wind will take charge of  b all 
your shepherds,
  and your lovers will go into captivity . Then you will be ashamed 
and humiliated
  because of all your evil.


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23 You residents of Lebanon,
  nestled among the cedars,
  how you will groan  c when pains 
come on you,
  agony like a woman in labor. A MESSAGE CONCERNING CONIAH
24 “ As  I  live”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  
—  “ though  you, Coniah d  son  of Je hoi a kim, 
 the  king  of Ju dah,  were  a sig net  ring  on  my 
 right  hand,  I  would  tear  you  from  it. 25  In  fact, 
 I  will  hand  you  over  to  those  you  dread,  who 
in tend  to  take  your  life,  to Neb u chad nez zar 
 king  of Bab ylon  and  the Chal de ans.


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26  I  will 
 hurl  you  and  the moth er  who  gave  birth  to 
 you  into an oth er  land,  where nei ther  of  you 
 were  born,  and  there  you  will  both  die. 27  They 
 will nev er re turn  to  the  land  they  long  to re-
turn  to.”
 28 Is this man Coniah 
a despised, shattered pot,
  a jar no one wants? Why are he and his descendants 
hurled out
  and cast into a land 
they have not known? 29 Earth, earth, earth,
  hear the word of the Lord! 30  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Record this man as childless,
  a man who will not be successful 
in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed
  in sitting on the throne of David
  or ruling again in Judah. THE LORD AND HIS SHEEP
23 
“ Woe  to  the shep herds  who de stroy 
 and scat ter  the  sheep  of  my pas ture! ” 
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 2 “There fore, 
 this  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says 
 about  the shep herds  who  tend  my peo ple: 
 You  have scat tered  my  flock, ban ished 
 them,  and  have  not at tend ed  to  them. I  am 
 about  to at tend  to  you be cause  of  your  evil 
 acts”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 3 “ I 
 will gath er  the rem nant  of  my  flock  from 
 all  the  lands  where  I  have ban ished  them, 
 and  I  will re turn  them  to  their graz ing  land. They  will be come fruit ful  and nu mer ous. 4  I 
 will  raise  up shep herds  over  them  who  will 
 tend  them. They  will  no lon ger  be  afraid  or 
dis cour aged,  nor  will  any  be miss ing.”  This 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH OF DAVID
 5 “Look, the days are coming”  —  this is 
the Lord’s declaration —
  “when I will raise up a Righteous 
Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king
  and administer justice and 
righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved,
  and Israel will dwell securely . This is the name he will be called:
  The Lord Is Our Righteousness. e
a22:20 Or friends, or allies, also in v . 22   b22:22 Lit will shepherd   c22:23 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads will be pitied    
d22:24 = Jehoiachin   e23:6 = Yahweh-zidkenu
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7 “ Look,  the  days  are com ing”  —   the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “ when  it  will  no lon ger  be  said, 
‘ As  the  L ord  lives  who  brought  the Is ra el ites 
 from  the  land  of  Egypt,’ 8  but, ‘ As  the  L ord 
 lives,  who  brought  and  led  the de scen dants  of 
 the  house  of Is ra el  from  the  land  of  the  north 
 and  from  all  the oth er coun tries  where  I a  had 
ban ished  them.’  They  will  dwell  once  more  in 
 their  own  land.”
FALSE PROPHETS CONDEMNED
9 Con cern ing  the proph ets:
  My heart is broken within me,
  and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard,
  like a man overcome by wine,
  because of the Lord,
  because of his holy words.


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10 For the land is full of adulterers;
  the land mourns because of the curse,
  and the grazing lands in the wilderness 
have dried up. Their way of life b has become evil,
  and their power is not rightly used
 11 because both prophet and priest 
are ungodly ,
  even in my house I have found their evil. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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12 Therefore, their way will seem
  like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away 
and fall down there,
  for I will bring disaster on them,
  the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration. 13 Among the prophets of Samaria
  I saw something disgusting:
  They prophesied by Baal
  and led my people Israel astray . 14 Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
  I saw a horrible thing:
  They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
  and none turns his back on evil. They are all like Sodom to me;
  Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah. 15 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 says con cern ing  the proph ets:
  I am about to feed them wormwood
  and give them poisoned water to drink,
  for from the prophets of Jerusalem
  ungodliness  c has spread 
throughout the land. 16  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says: “ Do 
 not lis ten  to  the  words  of  the proph ets  who 
proph e sy  to  you. They  are deluding  you.


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They 
 speak vi sions  from  their  own  minds,  not  from 
 the  L ord’ s  mouth. 17  They  keep  on say ing  to 
 those  who de spise  me, ‘ The  L ord  has spo ken: 
 You  will  have  peace.’  They  have  said  to ev-
ery one  who fol lows  the stub born ness  of  his 
 heart, ‘ No  harm  will  come  to  you.’ ”
 18 For who has stood in the council 
of the Lord
  to see and hear his word? Who has paid attention to his word 
and obeyed?


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19 Look, a storm from the Lord! Wrath has gone out,
  a whirling storm. It will whirl about the heads 
of the wicked. 20 The Lord’s anger will not turn away
  until he has completely fulfilled 
the purposes of his heart. In time to come you will 
understand it clearly . 21 I did not send out these prophets,
  yet they ran. I did not speak to them,
  yet they prophesied. 22 If they had really stood in my council,
  they would have enabled my people 
to hear my words
  and would have turned them 
from their evil ways
  and their evil deeds. 23 “ Am  I  a  God  who  is  only  near”  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ and  not  a  God  who  is 
 far  away? 24  Can  a per son  hide  in se cret plac es 
 where  I can not  see  him? ”  —   the  L ord’ s dec-
la ra tion.


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“ Do  I  not  fill  the heav ens  and  the 
 earth? ”  —   the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 25 “ I  have  heard  what  the proph ets  who 
proph e sy  a  lie  in  my  name  have  said: ‘ I  had  a 
 dream! I  had  a  dream! ’ 26  How  long  will  this 
con tin ue  in  the  minds  of  the proph ets proph-
e sy ing  lies, proph ets  of  the de ceit  of  their  own 
 minds? 27  Through  their  dreams  that  they  tell 
 one an oth er,  they  plan  to  cause  my peo ple  to 
for get  my  name  as  their fa thers for got  my 
a23:8 LXX reads he   b23:10 Lit Their manner of running   c23:15 Or pollution
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 name  through  Baal wor ship. 28  The proph et 
 who  has  only  a  dream  should re count  the 
 dream,  but  the  one  who  has  my  word  should 
 speak  my  word truth ful ly ,  for  what  is  straw 
com pared  to  grain? ”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec-
la ra tion.


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29 “ Is  not  my  word  like  fire”  —   this  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ and  like  a ham mer 
 that pulverizes  rock? 30 There fore,  take  note! I 
 am  against  the proph ets”  —   the  L ord’ s dec la-
ra tion  —  “ who  steal  my  words  from  each oth-
er. 31  I  am  against  the proph ets”  —   the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “ who  use  their  own  tongues 
 to  make  a dec la ra tion. 32  I  am  against  those 
 who proph e sy  false  dreams”  —   the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “tell ing  them  and lead ing  my 
peo ple  astray  with  their reck less  lies. It  was 
 not  I  who  sent  or com mand ed  them,  and  they 
 are  of  no ben e fit  at  all  to  these peo ple”  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. THE BURDEN OF THE LORD
33 “ Now  when  these peo ple  or  a proph et  or  a 
 priest  asks  you, ‘ What  is  the bur den a  of  the 
 L ord? ’  you  will re spond  to  them, ‘ What  is 
 the bur den? I  will  throw  you  away! This  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion.’ 34  As  for  the proph et, 
 priest,  or peo ple  who  say , ‘ The bur den  of  the 
 L ord,’  I  will pun ish  that  man  and  his house-
hold. 35  This  is  what  each  man  is  to  say  to  his 
 friend  and  to  his broth er: ‘ What  has  the  L ord 
an swered? ’  or ‘ What  has  the  L ord spo ken? ’ 
36  But  no lon ger re fer  to b  the bur den  of  the 
 L ord,  for  each  man’s  word be comes  his bur-
den  and  you per vert  the  words  of  the liv ing 
 God,  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  our  God. 37  Say  to 
 the proph et, ‘ What  has  the  L ord an swered 
 you? ’  or ‘ What  has  the  L ord spo ken? ’ 38  But 
 if  you  say , ‘ The bur den  of  the  L ord,’  then  this 
 is  what  the  L ord  says: Be cause  you  have  said, 
‘ The bur den  of  the  L ord,’  and  I specifically 
 told  you  not  to  say , ‘ The bur den  of  the  L ord,’ 
39  I  will sure ly for get  you. c  I  will  throw  you 
 away  from  my pres ence  —   both  you  and  the 
 city  that  I  gave  you  and  your fa thers. 40  I  will 
 bring  on  you ever last ing dis grace  and hu mil-
i a tion  that  will nev er  be for got ten.”
THE GOOD AND THE BAD FIGS
24 
Af ter  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab-
ylon  had de port ed Jec o ni ah d  son  of 
Je hoi a kim  king  of Ju dah,  the off  i cials  of Ju-
dah,  and  the crafts men  and metalsmiths  from 
Je ru sa lem  and  had  brought  them  to Bab ylon, 
 the  L ord  showed  me  two bas kets  of  figs  placed 
 in  front  of  the tem ple  of  the  L ord. 2  One bas ket 
con tained  very  good  figs,  like ear ly  figs,  but 
 the oth er bas ket con tained  very  bad  figs,  so 
 bad  they  were in ed i ble.


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3  The  L ord  said  to  me, 
“ What  do  you  see, Jer e mi ah? ”
 I  said, “ Figs! The  good  figs  are  very  good, 
 but  the  bad  figs  are ex treme ly  bad,  so  bad 
 they  are in ed i ble.”
4  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 5 “ This 
 is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  Like 
 these  good  figs,  so  I re gard  as  good  the ex iles 
 from Ju dah  I  sent  away  from  this  place  to  the 
 land  of  the Chal de ans. 6  I  will  keep  my  eyes  on 
 them  for  their  good  and  will re turn  them  to 
 this  land.


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I  will  build  them  up  and  not de mol ish 
 them;  I  will  plant  them  and  not up root  them. 7  I  will  give  them  a  heart  to  know  me,  that  I  am 
 the  L ord.


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They  will  be  my peo ple,  and  I  will 
 be  their  God be cause  they  will re turn  to  me 
 with  all  their  heart. 8 “ But  as  for  the  bad  figs,  so  bad  they  are 
in ed i ble,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  In  this 
 way  I  will  deal  with  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah, 
 his off  i cials,  and  the rem nant  of Je ru sa lem  
—   those re main ing  in  this  land  or liv ing  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt. 9  I  will  make  them  an ob ject  of 
hor ror  and  a di sas ter  to  all  the king doms  of  the 
 earth,  an ex am ple  for dis grace,  scorn, rid i cule, 
 and curs ing, wher ev er  I  have ban ished  them. 10  I  will  send  the  sword, fam ine,  and  plague 
 against  them un til  they  have per ished  from 
 the  land  I  gave  to  them  and  their an ces tors.”
THE SEVENTY-YEAR EXILE
25 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
con cern ing  all  the peo ple  of Ju dah  in 
 the  fourth  year  of Je hoi a kim  son  of Jo si ah, 
 king  of Ju dah ( which  was  the  first  year  of  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon). 2  The proph et 
Jer e mi ah  spoke con cern ing  all  the peo ple  of 
Ju dah  and  all  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  as 
fol lows: 3 “ From  the thir teenth  year  of Jo si ah 
 son  of  Amon,  king  of Ju dah, un til  this  very 
 day  —  twenty-three  years  —   the  word  of  the 
 L ord  has  come  to  me,  and  I  have spo ken  to 
 you  time  and  time  again, e  but  you  have  not 
 obeyed.


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4  The  L ord  sent  all  his ser vants  the 
proph ets  to  you  time  and  time  again, f  but  you 
 have  not  obeyed  or  even  paid at ten tion. g 5  He 
an nounced, ‘ Turn,  each  of  you,  from  your  evil 
a23:33 The Hb word for burden (Ex 23:5; 2Sm 15:33) can also mean “oracle” (Is 13:1; Nah 1:10). b23:36 Or longer remember   
c23:39 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg read surely lift you up   d24:1 = Jehoiachin   e25:3 Lit you; rising early and 
speaking   f25:4 Lit to you, rising early and sending   g25:4 Lit even inclined your ear to hear
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 way  of  life  and  from  your  evil  deeds. Live  in  the 
 land  the  L ord  gave  to  you  and  your an ces tors 
 long  ago  and for ev er. 6  Do  not fol low oth er 
 gods  to  serve  them  and  to  bow  in wor ship  to 
 them,  and  do  not an ger  me  by  the  work  of  your 
 hands.


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Then  I  will  do  you  no  harm. 7 “ ‘ But  you  have  not  obeyed  me’  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  ‘ with  the re sult  that  you 
 have an gered  me  by  the  work  of  your  hands 
 and  brought di sas ter  on your selves.’
8 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 says: ‘Be cause  you  have  not  obeyed  my  words, 
9  I  am go ing  to  send  for  all  the fam i lies  of  the 
 north’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  ‘ and 
 send  for  my ser vant Neb u chad nez zar  king  of 
Bab ylon,  and  I  will  bring  them  against  this 
 land,  against  its res i dents,  and  against  all  these 
sur round ing na tions,  and  I  will com plete ly 
de stroy  them  and  make  them  an ex am ple  of 
hor ror  and  scorn,  and ru ins for ev er. 10  I  will 
elim i nate  the  sound  of  joy  and glad ness  from 
 them  —   the  voice  of  the groom  and  the  bride, 
 the  sound  of  the mill stones  and  the  light  of  the 
 lamp.


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11  This  whole  land  will be come  a des o late 
 ruin,  and  these na tions  will  serve  the  king  of 
Bab ylon  for sev en ty  years. 12  When  the sev en ty 
 years  are com plet ed,  I  will pun ish  the  king  of 
Bab ylon  and  that na tion’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  ‘ the  land  of  the Chal de ans,  for 
 their in iq ui ty ,  and  I  will  make  it  a  ruin for ev er. 13  I  will  bring  on  that  land  all  my  words  I  have 
spo ken  against  it,  all  that  is writ ten  in  this  book 
 that Jer e mi ah proph e sied  against  all  the na-
tions. 14  For  many na tions  and  great  kings  will 
en slave  them,  and  I  will re pay  them ac cord ing 
 to  their  deeds  and  the  work  of  their  hands.’ ”
THE CUP OF GOD’S WRATH
15  This  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  said 
 to  me: “ Take  this  cup  of  the  wine  of  wrath  from 
 my  hand  and  make  all  the na tions  to  whom  I 
 am send ing  you  drink  from  it. 16  They  will  drink, 
stag ger, a  and  go  out  of  their  minds be cause  of 
 the  sword  I  am send ing  among  them.”
17  So  I  took  the  cup  from  the  L ord’ s  hand 
 and  made  all  the na tions  to  whom  the  L ord 
 sent  me  drink  from  it. 18 Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, 
its kings and its officials, to make them a 
desolate ruin, an example for scorn and 
cursing  —  as it is today;
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his 
leaders, all his people,
20 and all the mixed peoples;
all the kings of the land of Uz;
all the kings of the land of the Philistines   
—  Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the 
remnant of Ashdod;
21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
22 all the kings of Tyre,
all the kings of Sidon,
and the kings of the coasts and islands;
23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who 
clip the hair on their temples;  b
24 all the kings of Arabia,
and all the kings of the mixed peoples 
who have settled in the desert;
25 all the kings of Zimri,
all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of Media;
26 all the kings of the north, both near and 
far from one another;
that is, all the kingdoms of the world 
throughout the earth. Finally , the king of Sheshach
 c will drink 
after them.


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27 “ Then  you  are  to  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: 
 Drink,  get  drunk,  and vom it. Fall  down  and 
nev er  get  up  again,  as  a re sult  of  the  sword  I 
 am send ing  among  you.’ 28  If d  they re fuse  to 
ac cept  the  cup  from  your  hand  and  drink,  you 
 are  to  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of 
Ar mies  says:  You  must  drink! 29  For  I  am al ready 
bring ing di sas ter  on  the  city  that  bears  my 
 name,  so  how  could  you pos si bly  go un pun-
ished? You  will  not  go un pun ished,  for  I  am 
sum mon ing  a  sword  against  all  the in hab i-
tants  of  the  earth. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  L ord  of Ar mies.’
JUDGMENT ON THE WHOLE WORLD
30 “ As  for  you,  you  are  to proph e sy  all  these 
 things  to  them,  and  say  to  them:
  The Lord roars from on high;
  he makes his voice heard 
from his holy dwelling. He roars loudly over his grazing land;
  he calls out with a shout, like those 
who tread grapes,
  against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 The tumult reaches to the ends 
of the earth
  because the Lord brings a case 
against the nations. a25:16 Or vomit   b25:23 Or who live in distant places   c25:26 = Babylon   d25:28 Or When
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  He enters into judgment with all people. As for the wicked, he hands them over 
to the sword —
  this is the Lord’s declaration. 32 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Pay attention!


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Disaster spreads
  from nation to nation. A huge storm is stirred up
  from the ends of the earth.”
33  Those  slain  by  the  L ord  on  that  day  will 
 be scat tered  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to  the 
oth er. They  will  not  be  mourned, gath ered, 
 or bur ied.


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They  will  be  like ma nure  on  the 
soil’s sur face. 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders 
of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter 
have come,
  you will fall and become shattered 
like a precious vase. 35 Flight will be impossible 
for the shepherds,
  and escape, for the leaders of the flock. 36 Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry ,
  the wail of the leaders of the flock,
  for the Lord is destroying 
their pasture. 37 Peaceful grazing land 
will become lifeless
  because of the Lord’s burning anger. 38 He has left his den like a lion,
  for their land has become a desolation
  because of the sword  a of the oppressor,
  because of his burning anger. JEREMIAH’S SPEECH IN THE TEMPLE
26 
 At  the be gin ning  of  the  reign  of Je-
hoi a kim  son  of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah, 
 this  word  came  from  the  L ord: 2 “ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:  Stand  in  the court yard  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  speak  all  the  words  I  have 
com mand ed  you  to  speak  to  all Ju dah’s cit ies 
 that  are com ing  to wor ship  there. Do  not  hold 
 back  a  word.


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3 Per haps  they  will lis ten  and 
 turn  —   each  from  his  evil  way  of  life  —   so 
 that  I  might re lent con cern ing  the di sas ter 
 that  I  plan  to  do  to  them be cause  of  the  evil 
 of  their  deeds. 4  You  are  to  say  to  them, ‘ This  is 
 what  the  L ord  says:  If  you  do  not lis ten  to  me 
 by liv ing ac cord ing  to  my in struc tion  that  I  set 
be fore  you 5  and  by lis ten ing  to  the  words  of 
 my ser vants  the proph ets  —   whom  I  have  been 
send ing  to  you  time  and  time  again, b  though 
 you  did  not lis ten  —   6  I  will  make  this tem ple 
 like Shi loh. I  will  make  this  city  an ex am ple 
 for curs ing  for  all  the na tions  of  the  earth.’ ”
JEREMIAH SEIZED
7  The  priests,  the proph ets,  and  all  the peo ple 
 heard Jer e mi ah speak ing  these  words  in  the 
tem ple  of  the  L ord. 8  When  he fin ished  the 
ad dress  the  L ord  had com mand ed  him  to de-
liv er  to  all  the peo ple, im me di ate ly  the  priests, 
 the proph ets,  and  all  the peo ple  took  hold  of 
 him, yell ing, “ You  must sure ly  die! 9  How  dare 
 you proph e sy  in  the  name  of  the  L ord, ‘ This 
tem ple  will be come  like Shi loh  and  this  city 
 will be come  an uninhabited  ruin’! ”  Then  all 
 the peo ple crowd ed  around Jer e mi ah  at  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple.


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10  When  the off  i cials  of Ju dah  heard  about 
 these  things,  they  went  from  the  king’s pal ace 
 to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  sat  at  the en trance 
 of  the  New  Gate  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. c 11  Then 
 the  priests  and proph ets  said  to  the off  i cials 
 and  all  the peo ple, “ This  man de serves  the 
 death sen tence be cause  he  has proph e sied 
 against  this  city ,  as  you  have  heard  with  your 
 own  ears.”
JEREMIAH’S DEFENSE
12  Then Jer e mi ah  said  to  all  the off  i cials  and 
 all  the peo ple, “ The  L ord  sent  me  to proph e sy 
 all  the  words  that  you  have  heard  against  this 
tem ple  and  city . 13  So  now , cor rect  your  ways 
 and  deeds,  and  obey  the  L ord  your  God  so 
 that  he  might re lent con cern ing  the di sas-
ter  he  had pro nounced  against  you. 14  As  for 
 me,  here  I  am  in  your  hands;  do  to  me  what 
 you  think  is  good  and  right. 15  But  know  for 
cer tain  that  if  you  put  me  to  death,  you  will 
 bring in no cent  blood  on your selves,  on  this 
 city ,  and  on  its res i dents,  for  it  is cer tain  the 
 L ord  has  sent  me  to  speak  all  these  things 
di rect ly  to  you.”
JEREMIAH RELEASED
16  Then  the off  i cials  and  all  the peo ple  told 
 the  priests  and proph ets, “ This  man  doesn’t 
de serve  the  death sen tence,  for  he  has spo-
ken  to  us  in  the  name  of  the  L ord  our  God! ”
a25:38 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg; other Hb mss read burning   b26:5 Lit you, rising early and sending   c26:10 Many Hb mss, Syr , Tg, 
Vg; other Hb mss read the New Gate of the Lord
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17  Some  of  the el ders  of  the  land  stood  up 
 and  said  to  all  the as sem bled peo ple, 18 “Mi cah 
 the Mo re shite proph e sied  in  the  days  of  King 
Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah  and  said  to  all  the peo ple  of 
Ju dah, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Zion will be plowed like a field,
  Jerusalem will become ruins,
  and the temple’s mountain will be 
a high thicket.’
19  Did  King Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah  and  all  the peo ple 
 of Ju dah  put  him  to  death? Did  not  the  king 
 fear  the  L ord  and  plead  for  the  L ord’ s fa vor, a 
 and  did  not  the  L ord re lent con cern ing  the 
di sas ter  he  had pro nounced  against  them?


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We  are  about  to  bring  a ter ri ble di sas ter  on 
our selves! ”
THE PROPHET URIAH
20 An oth er  man  was  also proph e sy ing  in  the 
 name  of  the  L ord  —  Uri ah  son  of She ma iah 
 from Kiriath-jearim. He proph e sied  against 
 this  city  and  against  this  land  in  words  like 
 all  those  of Jer e mi ah. 21  King Je hoi a kim,  all 
 his war riors,  and  all  the off  i cials  heard  his 
 words,  and  the  king  tried  to  put  him  to  death. When Uri ah  heard,  he  fled  in  fear  and  went 
 to  Egypt. 22  But  King Je hoi a kim  sent  men  to 
 Egypt: El na than  son  of Ach bor  and cer tain 
oth er  men  with  him  went  to  Egypt. 23  They 
 brought Uri ah  out  of  Egypt  and  took  him  to 
 King Je hoi a kim,  who ex e cut ed  him  with  the 
 sword  and  threw  his  corpse  into  the buri al 
 place  of  the com mon peo ple. b
24  But Ahi kam  son  of Sha phan sup port ed 
Jer e mi ah,  so  he  was  not hand ed  over  to  the 
peo ple  to  be  put  to  death. THE YOKE OF BABYLON
27 
 At  the be gin ning  of  the  reign  of Zed e-
ki ah c  son  of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah,  this 
 word  came  to Jer e mi ah  from  the  L ord: d 2  This 
 is  what  the  L ord  said  to  me: “ Make  chains  and 
 yoke  bars  for your self  and  put  them  on  your 
 neck. 3  Send  word  to  the  king  of  Edom,  the 
 king  of  Moab,  the  king  of  the Am mon ites,  the 
 king  of  Tyre,  and  the  king  of Si don  through 
mes sen gers  who  are com ing  to  King Zed e ki ah 
 of Ju dah  in Je ru sa lem.


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4 Com mand  them  to 
 go  to  their mas ters, say ing, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  Tell  this 
 to  your mas ters: 5 “ By  my  great  strength  and 
out stretched  arm,  I  made  the  earth,  and  the 
peo ple,  and an i mals  on  the  face  of  the  earth. I  give  it  to any one  I  please.


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e 6  So  now  I  have 
 placed  all  these  lands un der  the au thor i ty 
 of  my ser vant Neb u chad nez zar,  king  of Bab-
ylon. I  have  even giv en  him  the  wild an i mals 
 to  serve  him. 7  All na tions  will  serve  him,  his 
 son,  and  his grand son un til  the  time  for  his 
 own  land  comes,  and  then  many na tions  and 
 great  kings  will en slave  him. 8 “ ‘ “ As  for  the na tion  or king dom  that  does 
 not  serve  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon 
 and  does  not  place  its  neck un der  the  yoke  of 
 the  king  of Bab ylon,  that na tion  I  will pun ish 
 by  sword, fam ine,  and  plague  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  un til  through  him  I  have 
de stroyed  it. 9  So  you  should  not lis ten  to  your 
proph ets, di vin ers, dream ers, fortune-tellers, 
 or sor cer ers  who  say  to  you, ‘ Don’t  serve  the 
 king  of Bab ylon! ’ 10  They  are proph e sy ing  a  lie 
 to  you  so  that  you  will  be re moved  from  your 
 land. I  will ban ish  you,  and  you  will per ish. 11  But  as  for  the na tion  that  will  put  its  neck 
un der  the  yoke  of  the  king  of Bab ylon  and 
 serve  him,  I  will  leave  it  in  its  own  land,  and 
 that na tion  will cul ti vate f  it  and re side  in  it. This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion.” ’ ”
WARNING TO ZEDEKIAH
12  I  spoke  to  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah  in  the 
 same  way: “ Put  your  necks un der  the  yoke  of 
 the  king  of Bab ylon,  serve  him  and  his peo ple, 
 and  live! 13  Why  should  you  and  your peo ple 
 die  by  the  sword, fam ine,  and  plague  as  the 
 L ord  has threat ened  against  any na tion  that 
 does  not  serve  the  king  of Bab ylon? 14  Do  not 
lis ten  to  the  words  of  the proph ets  who  are 
tell ing  you, ‘ Don’t  serve  the  king  of Bab ylon,’ 
 for  they  are proph e sy ing  a  lie  to  you. 15 ‘ I  have 
 not  sent  them’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  
—  ‘ and  they  are proph e sy ing false ly  in  my 
 name; there fore,  I  will ban ish  you,  and  you 
 will per ish  —   you  and  the proph ets  who  are 
proph e sy ing  to  you.’ ”
16  Then  I  spoke  to  the  priests  and  all  these 
peo ple, say ing, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: 
‘ Do  not lis ten  to  the  words  of  your proph ets. They  are proph e sy ing  to  you, claim ing, “ Look, 
 very  soon  now  the ar ti cles  of  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple  will  be  brought  back  from Bab ylon.”  They 
 are proph e sy ing  a  lie  to  you.


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Serve  the  king  of Bab ylon  and  live! Why 
 should  this  city be come  a  ruin? 18  If  they  are 
a26:19 Or and appease the Lord   b26:23 Lit the sons of the people   c27:1 Some Hb mss, Syr , Arabic; other Hb mss, DSS read 
Jehoiakim   d27:1 LXX omits this v . e27:5 Lit to whomever is upright in my eyes   f27:11 Lit work
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in deed proph ets  and  if  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 is  with  them,  let  them in ter cede  with  the  L ord 
 of Ar mies  not  to  let  the ar ti cles  that re main  in 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  in  the pal ace  of  the  king  of 
Ju dah,  and  in Je ru sa lem  go  to Bab ylon.’ 19  For 
 this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says  about 
 the pil lars,  the ba sin, a  the wa ter  carts,  and  the 
 rest  of  the ar ti cles  that  still re main  in  this  city , 
20  those  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  did 
 not  take  when  he de port ed Jec o ni ah b  son  of 
Je hoi a kim,  king  of Ju dah,  from Je ru sa lem  to 
Bab ylon  along  with  all  the no bles  of Ju dah  and 
Je ru sa lem. 21  Yes,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar-
mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says  about  the ar ti cles 
 that re main  in  the tem ple  of  the  L ord,  in  the 
pal ace  of  the  king  of Ju dah,  and  in Je ru sa lem: 
22 ‘ They  will  be tak en  to Bab ylon  and  will re main 
 there un til  I at tend  to  them  again.’  This  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion. ‘ Then  I  will  bring  them  up 
 and re store  them  to  this  place.’ ”
HANANIAH’S FALSE PROPHECY
28 
 In  that  same  year,  at  the be gin ning  of 
 the  reign  of  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah,  in 
 the  fifth  month  of  the  fourth  year,  the proph et 
Han a ni ah  son  of Az zur  from Gib e on  said  to 
 me  in  the tem ple  of  the  L ord  in  the pres ence 
 of  the  priests  and  all  the peo ple, 2 “ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ I 
 have bro ken  the  yoke  of  the  king  of Bab ylon. 3 With in  two  years  I  will re store  to  this  place 
 all  the ar ti cles  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  that  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  took  from  here 
 and transported  to Bab ylon. 4  And  I  will re store 
 to  this  place Jec o ni ah b  son  of Je hoi a kim,  king 
 of Ju dah,  and  all  the ex iles  from Ju dah  who 
 went  to Bab ylon’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la-
ra tion  —  ‘ for  I  will  break  the  yoke  of  the  king 
 of Bab ylon.’ ”
JEREMIAH’S RESPONSE TO HANANIAH
5  The proph et Jer e mi ah re plied  to  the proph et 
Han a ni ah  in  the pres ence  of  the  priests  and 
 all  the peo ple  who  were stand ing  in  the tem-
ple  of  the  L ord. 6  The proph et Jer e mi ah  said, 
“ Amen!


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May  the  L ord  do  that. May  the  L ord 
 make  the  words  you  have proph e sied  come 
 true  and  may  he re store  the ar ti cles  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  all  the ex iles  from Bab ylon 
 to  this  place! 7  Only lis ten  to  this mes sage  I  am 
speak ing  in  your hear ing  and  in  the hear ing 
 of  all  the peo ple. 8  The proph ets  who pre ced ed 
 you  and  me  from an cient  times proph e sied 
 war, di sas ter, c  and  plague  against  many  lands 
 and  great king doms. 9  As  for  the proph et  who 
proph e sies  peace  —   only  when  the  word  of 
 the proph et  comes  true  will  the proph et  be 
rec og nized  as  one  the  L ord  has tru ly  sent.”
HANANIAH BREAKS JEREMIAH’S YOKE
10  The proph et Han a ni ah  then  took  the  yoke 
 bar  from  the  neck  of  the proph et Jer e mi ah 
 and  broke  it. 11  In  the pres ence  of  all  the peo-
ple Han a ni ah pro claimed, “ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says: ‘ In  this  way , with in  two  years  I  will 
 break  the  yoke  of  King Neb u chad nez zar  of 
Bab ylon  from  the  neck  of  all  the na tions.’ ” 
 The proph et Jer e mi ah  then  went  on  his  way . THE LORD’S WORD AGAINST HANANIAH
12 Af ter  the proph et Han a ni ah  had bro ken 
 the  yoke  bar  from  the  neck  of  the proph et 
Jer e mi ah,  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer-
e mi ah: 13 “ Go  say  to Han a ni ah, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:  You  broke  a wood en  yoke  bar, 
 but  in  its  place  you  will  make  an  iron  yoke 
 bar. 14  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  have  put  an  iron  yoke  on 
 the  neck  of  all  these na tions  that  they  might 
 serve  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon,  and 
 they  will  serve  him. I  have  even  put  the  wild 
an i mals un der  him.’ ”
15  The proph et Jer e mi ah  said  to  the proph et 
Han a ni ah, “Lis ten, Han a ni ah!


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The  L ord  did 
 not  send  you,  but  you  have  led  these peo ple 
 to  trust  in  a  lie. 16 There fore,  this  is  what  the 
 L ord  says: ‘ I  am  about  to  send  you  off  the  face 
 of  the  earth. You  will  die  this  year be cause  you 
 have  preached re bel lion  against  the  L ord.’ ” 
17  And  the proph et Han a ni ah  died  that  year 
 in  the sev enth  month. JEREMIAH’S LETTER TO THE EXILES
29 
 This  is  the  text  of  the let ter  that  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah  sent  from Je ru sa lem 
 to  the re main ing ex iled el ders,  the  priests,  the 
proph ets,  and  all  the peo ple Neb u chad nez zar 
 had de port ed  from Je ru sa lem  to Bab ylon.


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2  This 
 was af ter  King Jec o ni ah, b  the  queen moth er, 
 the  court off  i cials,  the off  i cials  of Ju dah  and 
Je ru sa lem,  the crafts men,  and  the metalsmiths 
 had  left Je ru sa lem. 3  He  sent  the let ter  with 
El a sah  son  of Sha phan  and Gem a ri ah  son  of 
Hil ki ah,  whom Zed e ki ah  king  of Ju dah  sent  to 
Bab ylon  to  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon. The let ter stat ed:
a27:19 Lit sea   b27:20; 28:4; 29:2 = Jehoiachin   c28:8 Some Hb mss, Vg read famine
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4 This is what the Lord of Armies, the God 
of Israel, says to all the exiles I deported 
from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build hous-
es and live in them. Plant gardens and eat 
their produce.


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6 Find wives for yourselves, 
and have sons and daughters. Find wives 
for your sons and give your daughters to 
men in marriage so that they may bear 
sons and daughters. Multiply there; do 
not decrease.


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7 Pursue the well-being  a of 
the city I have deported you to. Pray to 
the Lord on its behalf, for when it thrives, 
you will thrive.”
8 For this is what the Lord of Armies, 
the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your 
prophets who are among you and your 
diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to 
the dreams you elicit from them, 9 for 
they are prophesying falsely to you in my 
name. I have not sent them.” This is the 
Lord’s declaration. 10 For this is what the Lord says: “When 
seventy years for Babylon are complete, 
I will attend to you and will confirm my 
promise concerning you to restore you 
to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have 
for you”  —  this is the Lord’s declaration   
—  “plans for your well-being, not for 
disaster, to give you a future and a hope.


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12 You will call to me and come and pray 
to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will 
seek me and find me when you search for 
me with all your heart. 14 I will be found 
by you”  —  this is the Lord’s declaration   
—  “and I will restore your fortunes  b and 
gather you from all the nations and plac -
es where I banished you”  —  this is the 
Lord’s declaration. “I will restore you to 
the place from which I deported you.”
15 You have said, “The Lord has raised up 
prophets for us in Babylon! ” 16 But this is 
what the Lord says concerning the king 
sitting on David’s throne and concerning 
all the people living in this city  —  that is, 
concerning your brothers who did not 
go with you into exile. 17 This is what the 
Lord of Armies says: “I am about to send 
sword, famine, and plague against them, 
and I will make them like rotten figs that 
are inedible because they are so bad. 18 I 
will pursue them with sword, famine, 
and plague. I will make them a horror to 
all the kingdoms of the earth  —  a curse 
and a desolation, an object of scorn and 
a disgrace among all the nations where 
I have banished them. 19 I will do this 
because they have not listened to my 
words”  —  this is the Lord’s declaration   
—  “the words that I sent to them with 
my servants the prophets time and time 
again. c And you too have not listened.” 
This is the Lord’s declaration. 20 Hear the word of the Lord, all you 
exiles I have sent from Jerusalem to Bab -
ylon. 21 This is what the Lord of Armies, 
the God of Israel, says about Ahab son 
of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son 
of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie 
to you in my name: “I am about to hand 
them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of 
Babylon, and he will kill them before 
your very eyes. 22 Based on what happens 
to them, all the exiles of Judah who are 
in Babylon will create a curse that says, 
‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah 
and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon 
roasted in the fire! ’ 
23 because they have 
committed an outrage in Israel by com -
mitting adultery with their neighbors’ 
wives and have spoken in my name a lie, 
which I did not command them.


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I am he 
who knows, and I am a witness.” This is 
the Lord’s declaration. 24 To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to 
say , 25 “This is what the Lord of Armies, 
the God of Israel, says: You  d in your own 
name have sent out letters to all the peo -
ple of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah 
son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, 
saying, 26 ‘The Lord has appointed you 
priest in place of the priest Jehoiada to 
be the chief officer in the temple of the 
Lord, responsible for every madman 
who acts like a prophet. You must confine 
him in the stocks and an iron collar.


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27 So 
now , why have you not rebuked Jeremiah 
of Anathoth who has been acting like a 
prophet among you? 28 For he has sent 
word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile 
will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.” ’ ”
a29:7 Or peace   b29:14 Or will end your captivity   c29:19 Lit prophets, rising up early and sending   d29:25 Lit Because you
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29  The  priest Zeph a ni ah  read  this let ter  in  the 
hear ing  of  the proph et Jer e mi ah. A MESSAGE ABOUT SHEMAIAH
30  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e mi ah: 
31 “ Send  a mes sage  to  all  the ex iles, say ing, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says con cern ing She ma iah 
 the Ne hel a mite. Be cause She ma iah proph e sied 
 to  you,  though  I  did  not  send  him,  and  made 
 you  trust  a  lie, 32  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I 
 am  about  to pun ish She ma iah  the Ne hel a mite 
 and  his de scen dants. There  will  not  be  even 
 one  of  his de scen dants liv ing  among  these 
peo ple,  nor  will  any  ever  see  the  good  that  I 
 will  bring  to  my peo ple  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —   for  he  has  preached re bel lion 
 against  the  L ord.’ ”
RESTORATION FROM CAPTIVITY
30 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 from  the  L ord. 2 “ This  is  what  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  Write  on  a  scroll  all  the 
 words  that  I  have spo ken  to  you, 3  for  look,  the 
 days  are com ing”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la-
ra tion  —  “ when  I  will re store  the for tunes a  of 
 my peo ple Is ra el  and Ju dah,”  says  the  L ord. “ I  will re store  them  to  the  land  I  gave  to  their 
an ces tors  and  they  will pos sess  it.”
4  These  are  the  words  the  L ord  spoke  to 
Is ra el  and Ju dah. 5  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  We have heard a cry of terror,
  of dread  —  there is no peace.


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6 Ask and see
  whether a male can give birth. Why then do I see every man
  with his hands on his stomach 
like a woman in labor
  and every face turned pale? 7 How awful that day will be!


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There will be no other like it! It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
  but he will be saved out of it. 8 On that day —
  this is the declaration of the Lord  
of Armies —
  I will break his yoke from your neck
  and tear off your chains,
  and strangers will never again enslave 
him. 9 They will serve the Lord their God
  and David their king,
  whom I will raise up for them. 10 As for you, my servant Jacob,
  do not be afraid —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  and do not be discouraged, Israel,
  for without fail I will save you out of a 
distant place,
  your descendants, from the land 
of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm 
and quiet
  with no one to frighten him. 11 For I will be with you —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  to save you! I will bring destruction 
on all the nations
  where I have scattered you;
  however, I will not bring destruction 
on you. I will discipline you justly ,
  and I will by no means 
leave you unpunished. HEALING ZION’S WOUNDS
12  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Your injury is incurable;
  your wound most severe. 13 You have no defender for your case.


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There is no remedy for your sores,
  and no healing for you. b
 14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
  they no longer look for you,
  for I have struck 
you as an enemy would,
  with the discipline of someone cruel,
  because of your enormous guilt
  and your innumerable sins. 15 Why do you cry out about your injury? Your pain has no cure! I have done these things to you
  because of your enormous guilt
  and your innumerable sins. 16 Nevertheless, all who devoured you 
will be devoured,
  and all your adversaries  —  
all of them —
  will go off into exile.


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Those who plunder you 
will be plundered,
  and all who raid you will be raided. 17 But I will bring you health
  and will heal you of your wounds —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
a30:3 Or will end the captivity   b30:13 Or No one pleads that your sores should be healed. There is no remedy for you.


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  for they call you Outcast,
  Zion whom no one cares about. RESTORATION OF THE LAND
18  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  I will certainly restore the fortunes  a 
of Jacob’s tents
  and show compassion on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound;
  every citadel will stand 
on its proper site.


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19 Thanksgiving will come out of them,
  a sound of rejoicing. I will multiply them, 
and they will not decrease;
  I will honor them, and they will not 
be insignificant. 20 His children will be as in past days;
  his congregation will be established 
in my presence. I will punish all his oppressors. 21 Jacob’s leader will be one of them;
  his ruler will issue from him. I will invite him to me, and he will 
approach me,
  for who would otherwise risk his life 
to approach me? This is the Lord’s declaration.


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22 You will be my people,
  and I will be your God. THE WRATH OF GOD
 23 Look, a storm from the Lord! Wrath has gone out,
  a churning storm. It will whirl about the heads 
of the wicked. 24 The Lord’s burning anger will not 
turn back
  until he has completely fulfilled 
the purposes of his heart. In time to come you will understand it. GOD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PEOPLE
31 
“ At  that  time”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec-
la ra tion  —  “ I  will  be  the  God  of  all  the 
fam i lies  of Is ra el,  and  they  will  be  my peo ple.”
2  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  The people who survived the sword
  found favor in the wilderness. When Israel went to find rest,
 3 the Lord appeared to him  b 
from far away .


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I have loved you 
with an everlasting love;
  therefore, I have continued to extend 
faithful love to you. 4 Again I will build you so that you will 
be rebuilt,
  Virgin Israel. You will take up 
your tambourines again
  and go out in joyful dancing. 5 You will plant vineyards again
  on the mountains of Samaria;
  the planters will plant and will enjoy 
the fruit. 6 For there will be a day when watchmen 
will call out
  in the hill country of Ephraim,
  “Come, let’s go up to Zion,
  to the Lord our God! ”
GOD’S PEOPLE BROUGHT HOME
7  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Sing with joy for Jacob;
  shout for the foremost of the nations! Proclaim, praise, and say ,
  “Lord, save your people,
  the remnant of Israel! ”
 8 Watch!


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I am going to bring them 
from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions 
of the earth —
  the blind and the lame will be 
with them,
  along with those who are pregnant 
and those about to give birth. They will return here 
as a great assembly! 9 They will come weeping,
  but I will bring them back 
with consolation. c
  I will lead them to wadis filled 
with water,
  by a smooth way where 
they will not stumble,
  for I am Israel’s Father,
  and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Nations, hear the word of the Lord,
  and tell it among the far off coasts and 
islands!


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    "What promise is made regarding the return of the gathered individuals?",
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Say , “The one who scattered Israel 
will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd 
guards his flock,
a30:18 Or certainly end the captivity   b31:3 LXX; MT reads me   c31:9 LXX; MT reads supplications
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    "Who is described as the one who will gather Israel?",
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 11 for the Lord has ransomed Jacob
  and redeemed him from the power 
of one stronger than he.”
 12 They will come and shout for joy 
on the heights of Zion;
  they will be radiant with joy
  because of the Lord’s goodness,
  because of the grain, the new wine, 
the fresh oil,
  and because of the young of the flocks 
and herds. Their life will be 
like an irrigated garden,
  and they will no longer grow weak 
from hunger. 13 Then the young women will rejoice 
with dancing,
  while young and old men 
rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy ,
  give them consolation,
  and bring happiness out of grief. 14 I will refresh the priests 
with an abundance,  a
  and my people will be satisfied 
with my goodness. This is the Lord’s declaration. LAMENT TURNED TO JOY
15  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  A voice was heard in Ramah,
  a lament with bitter weeping —
  Rachel weeping for her children,
  refusing to be comforted 
for her children
  because they are no more. 16  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Keep your voice from weeping
  and your eyes from tears,
  for the reward for your work 
will come —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  and your children will return 
from the enemy’s land. 17 There is hope for your future —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  and your children will return 
to their own territory . 18 I have surely heard Ephraim moaning,
  “You disciplined me, 
and I have been disciplined
  like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return,
  for you, Lord, are my God. 19 After my return, I felt regret;
  After I was instructed, I struck 
my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated
  because I bore the disgrace 
of my youth.”
 20 Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me,
  a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him,
  I certainly still think about him.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION
 21 Set up road markers for yourself;
  establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind,
  the way you have traveled.


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Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours. 22 How long will you turn here and there,
  faithless daughter? For the Lord creates something new 
in the land
 b —
  a female  c will shelter  d a man. 23  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God 
 of Is ra el,  says: “ When  I re store  their for tunes, e 
 they  will  once  again  speak  this  word  in  the  land 
 of Ju dah  and  in  its cit ies: ‘ May  the  L ord  bless 
 you, righ teous set tle ment,  holy moun tain.’ 
24 Ju dah  and  all  its cit ies  will  live  in  it to geth er  
—   also farm ers  and  those  who  move f  with  the 
 flocks — 25  for  I sat is fy  the  thirsty per son  and 
 feed  all  those  who  are  weak.”
26  At  this  I  awoke  and  looked  around. My 
 sleep  had  been  most pleas ant  to  me.


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    "Which groups of people are mentioned as living together in Judah and its cities?",
    "What does the passage imply about the state of the land before the restoration?"
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27 “ Look,  the  days  are com ing”  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ when  I  will  sow  the 
 house  of Is ra el  and  the  house  of Ju dah  with 
 the  seed  of peo ple  and  the  seed  of an i mals. 28  Just  as  I  watched  over  them  to up root  and 
 to  tear  them  down,  to de mol ish  and  to de-
stroy ,  and  to  cause di sas ter,  so  will  I  watch 
 over  them  to  build  and  to  plant  them”  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 29 “ In  those  days,  it 
 will nev er  again  be  said,
a31:14 Lit fatness   b31:22 Or new on earth   c31:22 Or woman   d31:22 Or female surrounds, or  female courts ; Hb obscure   
e31:23 Or I end their captivity   f31:24 Tg, Vg, Aq, Sym; MT reads and they will move
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    "What will the Lord do to the house of Israel and the house of Judah according to the declaration?",
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  ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
  and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 Rath er,  each  will  die  for  his  own in iq ui ty . Any one  who  eats  sour  grapes  —   his  own  teeth 
 will  be  set  on  edge. THE NEW COVENANT
31 “ Look,  the  days  are com ing”  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ when  I  will  make  a 
 new cov enant  with  the  house  of Is ra el  and 
 with  the  house  of Ju dah. 32  This  one  will  not 
 be  like  the cov enant  I  made  with  their an-
ces tors  on  the  day  I  took  them  by  the  hand 
 to  lead  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  —   my 
cov enant  that  they  broke  even  though  I  am 
 their mas ter” a  —   the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 33 “In-
stead,  this  is  the cov enant  I  will  make  with 
 the  house  of Is ra el af ter  those  days”  —   the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion. “ I  will  put  my teach ing 
with in  them  and  write  it  on  their  hearts.


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I 
 will  be  their  God,  and  they  will  be  my peo ple. 34  No lon ger  will  one  teach  his neigh bor  or  his 
broth er, say ing, ‘ Know  the  L ord,’  for  they  will 
 all  know  me,  from  the  least  to  the great est  of 
 them”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. “ For 
 I  will for give  their in iq ui ty  and nev er  again 
re mem ber  their  sin. 35 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  The one who gives the sun for light 
by day ,
  the fixed order of moon and stars 
for light by night,
  who stirs up the sea and makes 
its waves roar —
  the Lord of Armies is his name:
 36 If this fixed order departs 
from before me —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  only then will Israel’s descendants cease
  to be a nation before me forever. 37 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Only if the heavens above 
can be measured
  and the foundations 
of the earth below explored,
  will I reject all of Israel’s descendants
  because of all they have done —
  this is the Lord’s declaration. 38 “ Look,  the  days  are com ing”  —   the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “ when  the  city b  from  the Tow er 
 of Han a nel  to  the Cor ner  Gate  will  be re built  for 
 the  L ord. 39  A mea sur ing  line  will  once  again 
 stretch  out  straight  to  the  hill  of Ga reb  and  then 
 turn to ward  Goah.


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40  The  whole val ley  —   the 
 corpses,  the ash es,  and  all  the  fields  as  far  as 
 the Kid ron V al ley  to  the cor ner  of  the  Horse 
 Gate  to  the  east  —   will  be  holy  to  the  L ord. It 
 will nev er  be up root ed  or de mol ished  again.”
JEREMIAH’S LAND PURCHASE
32 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 from  the  L ord  in  the  tenth  year  of  King 
Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah,  which  was  the eigh teenth 
 year  of Neb u chad nez zar. 2  At  that  time,  the 
 army  of  the  king  of Bab ylon  was be sieg ing 
Je ru sa lem,  and  the proph et Jer e mi ah  was 
im pris oned  in  the  guard’s court yard  in  the 
pal ace  of  the  king  of Ju dah.


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3  King Zed e ki ah 
 of Ju dah  had im pris oned  him, say ing, “ Why 
 are  you proph e sy ing  as  you  do? You  say , ‘ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says:  Look,  I  am  about  to 
 hand  this  city  over  to Bab ylon’s  king,  and  he 
 will cap ture  it. 4  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah  will 
 not es cape  from  the Chal de ans; in deed,  he 
 will cer tain ly  be hand ed  over  to Bab ylon’s 
 king. They  will  speak  face  to  face c  and  meet 
 eye  to  eye. 5  He  will  take Zed e ki ah  to Bab ylon, 
 where  he  will  stay un til  I at tend  to  him  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. For  you  will  fight 
 the Chal de ans,  but  you  will  not suc ceed.’ ”
6 Jer e mi ah re plied, “ The  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to  me: 7  Watch! Han a mel,  the  son  of  your 
un cle Shal lum,  is com ing  to  you  to  say , ‘ Buy 
 my  field  in An a thoth  for your self,  for  you  own 
 the  right  of re demp tion  to  buy  it.’
8 “ Then,  as  the  L ord  had  said,  my cous in 
Han a mel  came  to  the  guard’s court yard  and 
 urged  me, ‘ Please  buy  my  field  in An a thoth  in 
 the  land  of Ben ja min,  for  you  own  the  right  of 
in her i tance  and re demp tion. Buy  it  for your-
self.’  Then  I  knew  that  this  was  the  word  of  the 
 L ord.


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9  So  I  bought  the  field  in An a thoth  from 
 my cous in Han a mel,  and  I  weighed  out  the 
sil ver  to  him  —  sev en teen shek els d  of sil ver. 10  I re cord ed  it  on  a  scroll,  sealed  it,  called  in 
wit ness es,  and  weighed  out  the sil ver  on  the 
 scales. 11  I  took  the pur chase agree ment  —   the 
 sealed  copy  with  its  terms  and con di tions  and 
 the  open  copy — 12  and  gave  the pur chase 
agree ment  to Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah,  son  of 
Mah se iah. I  did  this  in  the  sight  of  my cous-
in e Han a mel,  the wit ness es  who  had  signed 
a31:32 Or husband   b31:38 = Jerusalem   c32:4 Lit His mouth will speak with his mouth   d32:9 About seven ounces    
e32:12 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read uncle
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 the pur chase agree ment,  and  all  the Ju de ans 
sit ting  in  the  guard’s court yard. 13 “ I  charged Bar uch  in  their  sight, 14 ‘ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra-
el,  says:  Take  these  scrolls  —   this pur chase 
agree ment  with  the  sealed  copy  and  this  open 
 copy  —   and  put  them  in  an earth en stor age 
 jar  so  they  will  last  a  long  time. 15  For  this  is 
 what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el, 
 says: Hous es,  fields,  and vine yards  will  again 
 be  bought  in  this  land.’
16 “ Af ter  I  had giv en  the pur chase agree-
ment  to Bar uch,  son  of Ne ri ah,  I  prayed  to 
 the  L ord: 17  Oh,  Lord  G od! You your self  made 
 the heav ens  and  earth  by  your  great pow er 
 and  with  your out stretched  arm.


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Noth ing  is 
 too diff  i cult  for  you! 18  You  show faith ful  love 
 to thou sands  but  lay  the fa thers’ in iq ui ty  on 
 their  sons’  laps af ter  them,  great  and  mighty 
 God  whose  name  is  the  L ord  of Ar mies, 19  the 
 one  great  in coun sel  and pow er ful  in ac tion. Your  eyes  are  on  all  the  ways  of  the chil dren 
 of  men a  in or der  to re ward  each per son ac-
cord ing  to  his  ways  and  as  the re sult  of  his 
ac tions.


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20  You per formed  signs  and won ders 
 in  the  land  of  Egypt  and  still  do to day ,  both  in 
Is ra el  and  among  all man kind. You  made  a 
 name  for your self,  as  is  the  case to day . 21  You 
 brought  your peo ple Is ra el  out  of  Egypt  with 
 signs  and won ders,  with  a  strong  hand  and 
 an out stretched  arm,  and  with  great ter ror. 22  You  gave  them  this  land  you  swore  to  give 
 to  their an ces tors,  a  land flow ing  with  milk 
 and hon ey . 23  They en tered  and pos sessed  it, 
 but  they  did  not  obey  you  or  live ac cord ing  to 
 your in struc tions. They  failed  to per form  all 
 you com mand ed  them  to  do,  and  so  you  have 
 brought  all  this di sas ter  on  them.


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24  Look! Siege 
 ramps  have  come  against  the  city  to cap ture 
 it,  and  the  city ,  as  a re sult  of  the  sword, fam-
ine,  and  plague,  has  been hand ed  over  to  the 
Chal de ans  who  are fight ing  against  it. What 
 you  have spo ken  has hap pened.


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Look,  you 
 can  see  it! 25  Yet  you,  Lord  G od,  have  said  to 
 me, ‘Pur chase  the  field  and  call  in wit ness es’  
—   even  though  the  city  has  been hand ed  over 
 to  the Chal de ans! ”
26  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e mi ah: 
27 “ Look,  I  am  the  L ord,  the  God  over ev ery 
crea ture. Is any thing  too diff  i cult  for  me? 28 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I  am 
 about  to  hand  this  city  over  to  the Chal de ans, 
 to Bab ylon’s  king Neb u chad nez zar,  and  he  will 
cap ture  it. 29  The Chal de ans  who  are fight ing 
 against  this  city  will  come  and  set  this  city  on 
 fire. They  will  burn  it, in clud ing  the hous es 
 where in cense  has  been  burned  to  Baal  on 
 their rooftops  and  where  drink off  er ings  have 
 been  poured  out  to oth er  gods  to an ger  me. 30  From  their  youth,  the Is ra el ites  and Ju de-
ans  have  done noth ing  but  what  is  evil  in  my 
 sight! They  have  done noth ing  but an ger  me  by 
 the  work  of  their  hands”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion — 31 “ for  this  city  has  caused  my 
 wrath  and  fury  from  the  day  it  was  built un til 
 now . I  will there fore re move  it  from  my pres-
ence 32 be cause  of  all  the  evil  the Is ra el ites  and 
Ju de ans  have  done  to an ger  me  —   they ,  their 
 kings,  their off  i cials,  their  priests,  and  their 
proph ets,  the  men  of Ju dah,  and  the res i dents 
 of Je ru sa lem. 33  They  have  turned  their  backs  to 
 me  and  not  their fac es.


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Though  I  taught  them 
 time  and  time  again, b  they  do  not lis ten  and 
re ceive dis ci pline. 34  They  have  placed  their 
ab hor rent  things  in  the  house  that  bears  my 
 name  and  have de filed  it. 35  They  have  built  the 
 high plac es  of  Baal  in  Ben Hin nom V al ley  to 
sac ri fice  their  sons  and daugh ters  in  the  fire c 
 to Mo lech  —  some thing  I  had  not com mand ed 
 them. I  had nev er en ter tained  the  thought d  that 
 they  do  this de test able  act caus ing Ju dah  to  sin! 36 “ Now there fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says  to  this  city  about  which  you 
 said, ‘ It  has  been hand ed  over  to Bab ylon’s  king 
 through  sword, fam ine,  and  plague’: 37  I  will 
cer tain ly gath er  them  from  all  the  lands  where 
 I  have ban ished  them  in  my an ger,  rage  and 
in tense  wrath,  and  I  will re turn  them  to  this 
 place  and  make  them  live  in safe ty . 38  They  will 
 be  my peo ple,  and  I  will  be  their  God.


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39  I  will 
 give  them in teg ri ty  of  heart  and ac tion e  so  that 
 they  will  fear  me al ways,  for  their  good  and 
 for  the  good  of  their de scen dants af ter  them. 40 “ I  will  make  a per ma nent cov enant  with 
 them:  I  will nev er  turn  away  from do ing  good 
 to  them,  and  I  will  put  fear  of  me  in  their  hearts 
 so  they  will nev er  again  turn  away  from  me. 41  I  will  take de light  in  them  to  do  what  is  good 
 for  them,  and  with  all  my  heart  and  mind  I  will 
faith ful ly  plant  them  in  this  land. 42 “ For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Just  as 
 I  have  brought  all  this ter ri ble di sas ter  on 
 these peo ple,  so  am  I  about  to  bring  on  them 
 all  the  good  I  am promising  them. 43  Fields 
a32:19 Or Adam   b32:33 Lit them, rising up early and teaching   c32:35 Lit to make their sons and daughters pass through 
the fire   d32:35 Lit them, and it did not arise on my heart   e32:39 Lit give them one heart and one way
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 will  be  bought  in  this  land  about  which  you 
 are say ing, ‘ It’s  a des o la tion with out peo ple 
 or an i mals;  it  has  been hand ed  over  to  the 
Chal de ans! ’ 44  Fields  will  be pur chased,  the 
trans ac tion writ ten  on  a  scroll  and  sealed, 
 and wit ness es  will  be  called  on  in  the  land  of 
Ben ja min,  in  the  areas sur round ing Je ru sa-
lem,  and  in Ju dah’s cit ies  —   the cit ies  of  the 
 hill coun try ,  the cit ies  of  the Ju de an foot hills, 
 and  the cit ies  of  the Ne gev  —  be cause  I  will 
re store  their for tunes.” a
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. ISRAEL’S RESTORATION
33 
 While  he  was  still con  fined  in  the 
 guard’s court yard,  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to Jer e mi ah  a sec ond  time: 2 “ The  L ord 
 who  made  the  earth, b  the  L ord  who  forms  it 
 to es tab lish  it,  the  L ord  is  his  name,  says  this: 
3  Call  to  me  and  I  will an swer  you  and  tell  you 
 great  and in com pre hen si ble  things  you  do  not 
 know . 4  For  this  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  says con cern ing  the hous es  of  this  city 
 and  the pal aces  of Ju dah’s  kings,  the  ones  torn 
 down  for de fense  against  the assault  ramps 
 and  the  sword: 5  The peo ple com ing  to  fight 
 the Chal de ans  will  fill  the hous es  with  the 
 corpses  of  their  own  men  that  I  strike  down 
 in  my  wrath  and  rage.


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6  Yet  I 
 will cer tain ly  bring  health  and heal ing  to  it 
 and  will in deed  heal  them. I  will  let  them ex-
pe ri ence  the abun dance c  of  true  peace. 7  I  will 
re store  the for tunes d  of Ju dah  and  of Is ra el 
 and  will re build  them  as  in for mer  times. 8  I 
 will pu ri fy  them  from  all  the in iq ui ty  they  have 
com mit ted  against  me,  and  I  will for give  all 
 the in iq ui ties  they  have com mit ted  against 
 me, re bel ling  against  me. 9  This  city  will  bear 
 on  my be half  a  name  of  joy ,  praise,  and glo ry 
be fore  all  the na tions  of  the  earth,  who  will 
 hear  of  all  the pros per i ty  I  will  give  them.


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They 
 will trem ble  with  awe be cause  of  all  the  good 
 and  all  the  peace  I  will  bring  about  for  them. 10 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  In  this  place, 
 which  you  say  is  a  ruin, with out peo ple  or 
an i mals  —   that  is,  in Ju dah’s cit ies  and Je ru-
sa lem’s  streets  that  are  a des o la tion with out 
peo ple, with out in hab i tants,  and with out an-
i mals  —   there  will  be  heard  again 11  a  sound 
 of  joy  and glad ness,  the  voice  of  the groom 
 and  the  bride,  and  the  voice  of  those say ing,
  Give thanks to the Lord of Armies,
  for the Lord is good;
  his faithful love endures forever
 as  they  bring  thank off  er ings  to  the tem ple 
 of  the  L ord. For  I  will re store  the for tunes  of 
 the  land  as  in for mer  times,  says  the  L ord. 12 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says: 
 In  this des o late  place  —  with out peo ple  or 
an i mals  —   and  in  all  its cit ies  there  will  once 
 more  be  a graz ing  land  where shep herds  may 
 rest  flocks. 13  The  flocks  will  again  pass un der 
 the  hands  of  the  one  who  counts  them  in  the 
cit ies  of  the  hill coun try ,  the cit ies  of  the Ju de-
an foot hills,  the cit ies  of  the Ne gev ,  the  land 
 of Ben ja min  —   the  areas  around Je ru sa lem 
 and  in Ju dah’s cit ies,  says  the  L ord. GOD’S COVENANT WITH DAVID
 14 “Look, the days are coming” —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  “when I will fulfill the good promise
  that I have spoken
  concerning the house of Israel
  and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time
  I will cause a Righteous Branch
  to sprout up for David,
  and he will administer justice
  and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved,
  and Jerusalem will dwell securely ,
  and this is what she will be named:
  The Lord Is Our Righteousness. e
17 “ For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says: Da vid  will 
nev er  fail  to  have  a  man sit ting  on  the  throne 
 of  the  house  of Is ra el. 18  The Le vit i cal  priests 
 will nev er  fail  to  have  a  man al ways be fore 
 me  to off  er  burnt off  er ings,  to  burn  grain of-
fer ings,  and  to  make sac ri fic es.”
19  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e mi ah: 
20 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  If  you  can  break 
 my cov enant  with  the  day  and  my cov enant 
 with  the  night  so  that  day  and  night  cease  to 
 come  at  their reg u lar  time, 21  then  also  my cov-
enant  with  my ser vant Da vid  may  be bro ken. If  that  could hap pen,  then  he  would  not  have 
 a  son reign ing  on  his  throne  and  the Le vit i cal 
 priests  would  not  be  my min is ters. 22  Even  as 
 the  stars  of heav en can not  be count ed,  and  the 
 sand  of  the  sea can not  be mea sured,  so  too 
 I  will  make in nu mer a ble  the de scen dants  of 
a32:44 Or will end their captivity   b33:2 LXX; MT reads made it   c33:6 Or fragrance ; Hb obscure   d33:7 Or will end the 
captivity, also in v . 11   e33:16 = Yahweh-zidkenu
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 my ser vant Da vid  and  the Le vites  who min-
is ter  to  me.”
23  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e mi ah: 
24 “ Have  you  not no ticed  what  these peo ple 
 have  said? They  say , ‘ The  L ord  has re ject ed 
 the  two fam i lies  he  had cho sen.’  My peo ple 
 are treat ed  with con tempt  and  no lon ger re-
gard ed  as  a na tion  among  them. 25  This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:  If  I  do  not  keep  my cov enant 
 with  the  day  and  with  the  night,  and  if  I  fail  to 
es tab lish  the  fixed or der  of heav en  and  earth, 
26  then  I  might  also re ject  the de scen dants  of 
Ja cob  and  of  my ser vant Da vid. That  is,  I  would 
 not  take rul ers  from  his de scen dants  to  rule 
 over  the de scen dants  of Abra ham,  Isaac,  and 
Ja cob. But  in  fact,  I  will re store  their for tunes a 
 and  have com pas sion  on  them.”
JEREMIAH’S WORD TO KING ZEDEKIAH
34 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi-
ah  from  the  L ord  when  King Neb u-
chad nez zar  of Bab ylon,  his  whole  army ,  all 
 the king doms  of  the  lands un der  his con trol, 
 and  all oth er peo ples  were fight ing  against Je-
ru sa lem  and  all  its sur round ing cit ies: 2 “ This 
 is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  Go, 
 speak  to  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah,  and  tell  him, 
‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I  am  about  to  hand 
 this  city  over  to  the  king  of Bab ylon,  and  he 
 will  burn  it. 3  As  for  you,  you  will  not es cape 
 from  him  but  are cer tain  to  be cap tured  and 
hand ed  over  to  him.


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You  will  meet  the  king 
 of Bab ylon  eye  to  eye  and  speak  face  to  face; b 
 you  will  go  to Bab ylon. 4 “ ‘ Yet  hear  the  L ord’ s  word,  King Zed e ki ah 
 of Ju dah. This  is  what  the  L ord  says con cern ing 
 you:  You  will  not  die  by  the  sword; 5  you  will  die 
peace ful ly . There  will  be  a burn ing cer e mo ny 
 for  you  just  like  the burn ing cer e mo nies  for 
 your an ces tors,  the  kings  of  old  who  came 
be fore  you.


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”  will  be  the la ment 
 for  you,  for  I  have spo ken  this  word. This  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion.’ ”
6  So  the proph et Jer e mi ah re lat ed  all  these 
 words  to  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah  in Je ru sa lem 
7  while  the  king  of Bab ylon’s  army  was at tack-
ing Je ru sa lem  and  all  of Ju dah’s re main ing cit-
ies  —   that  is, La chish  and Aze kah,  for  they  were 
 the  only  ones  left  of Ju dah’s for ti fied cit ies. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SLAVES
8  This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah  from 
 the  L ord af ter  King Zed e ki ah  made  a cov enant 
 with  all  the peo ple  who  were  in Je ru sa lem  to 
pro claim free dom  to  them. 9  As  a re sult,  each 
 was  to  let  his  male  and fe male He brew  slaves 
 go  free,  and  no  one  was  to en slave  his fel low 
Ju de an. 10  All  the off  i cials  and peo ple  who 
en tered  into cov enant  to  let  their  male  and 
fe male  slaves  go  free  —   in or der  not  to en slave 
 them  any lon ger  —   obeyed  and  let  them  go 
 free. 11 Af ter ward, how ev er,  they  changed  their 
 minds  and  took  back  their  male  and fe male 
 slaves  they  had  let  go  free  and  forced  them 
 to be come  slaves  again. 12  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e-
mi ah  from  the  L ord: 13 “ This  is  what  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  made  a cov enant  with 
 your an ces tors  when  I  brought  them  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  place  of slav ery , 
say ing, 14 ‘ At  the  end  of sev en  years,  each  of  you 
 must  let  his fel low He brew  who  sold him self c 
 to  you  go. He  may  serve  you  six  years,  but  then 
 you  must  let  him  go  free  from  your ser vice.’ 
 But  your an ces tors  did  not  obey  me  or  pay  any 
at ten tion.


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15 To day  you re pent ed  and  did  what 
 pleased  me,  each  of  you pro claim ing free dom 
 for  his neigh bor. You  made  a cov enant be fore 
 me  at  the  house  that  bears  my  name. 16  But 
 you  have  changed  your  minds  and pro faned 
 my  name. Each  has tak en  back  his  male  and 
fe male  slaves  who  had  been  let  go  free  to  go 
wher ev er  they want ed,  and  you  have  again 
 forced  them  to  be  your  slaves. 17 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says: 
 You  have  not  obeyed  me  by pro claim ing 
free dom,  each  for  his fel low He brew  and  for 
 his neigh bor. I here by pro claim free dom  for 
 you  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   to  the 
 sword,  to  plague,  and  to fam ine! I  will  make 
 you  a hor ror  to  all  the  earth’s king doms.


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18  As 
 for  those  who dis obeyed  my cov enant,  not 
keep ing  the  terms  of  the cov enant  they  made 
be fore  me,  I  will  treat  them  like  the  calf  they 
 cut  in  two  in or der  to  pass be tween  its  pieces. 19  The off  i cials  of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem,  the 
 court off  i cials,  the  priests,  and  all  the peo ple 
 of  the  land  who  passed be tween  the  pieces 
 of  the  calf  —   20  all  these  I  will  hand  over  to   
their en e mies,  to  those  who in tend  to  take 
 their  life. Their  corpses  will be come  food  for 
 the  birds  of  the  sky  and  for  the  wild an i mals 
 of  the  land. 21  I  will  hand  King Zed e ki ah  of 
Ju dah  and  his off  i cials  over  to  their en e mies, 
 to  those  who in tend  to  take  their  lives,  to  the 
 king  of Bab ylon’s  army  that  is withdrawing. a33:26 Or I will end their captivity   b34:3 Lit and his mouth will speak to your mouth   c34:14 Or who was sold
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22  I  am  about  to  give  the com mand  —   this  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   and  I  will  bring  them 
 back  to  this  city . They  will  fight  against  it, cap-
ture  it,  and  burn  it. I  will  make Ju dah’s cit ies 
 a des o la tion, with out in hab i tant.”
THE RECHABITES’ EXAMPLE
35 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 from  the  L ord  in  the  days  of Je hoi a kim 
 son  of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah: 2 “ Go  to  the  house 
 of  the Re chab ites,  speak  to  them,  and  bring 
 them  to  one  of  the cham bers  of  the tem ple 
 of  the  L ord  to off  er  them  a  drink  of  wine.”
3  So  I  took Ja az a ni ah  son  of Jer e mi ah,  son  of 
Hab az zi ni ah,  and  his broth ers  and  all  his  sons  
—   the en tire  house  of  the Re chab ites — 4  and 
 I  brought  them  into  the tem ple  of  the  L ord  to 
 a cham ber oc cu pied  by  the  sons  of Ha nan  son 
 of Ig da li ah,  a  man  of  God,  who  had  a cham ber 
 near  the off  i cials’ cham ber,  which  was  above 
 the cham ber  of Ma a se iah  son  of Shal lum  the 
door keep er. 5  I  set  jars  filled  with  wine  and 
 some  cups be fore  the  sons  of  the  house  of  the 
Re chab ites  and  said  to  them, “ Drink  wine!


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”
6  But  they re plied, “ We  do  not  drink  wine, 
 for Jon a dab,  son  of  our an ces tor Re chab, com-
mand ed: ‘ You  and  your de scen dants  must nev-
er  drink  wine. 7  You  must  not  build  a  house  or 
 sow  seed  or  plant  a vine yard. Those  things  are 
 not  for  you. Rath er,  you  must  live  in  tents  your 
 whole  life,  so  you  may  live  a  long  time  on  the 
 soil  where  you  stay  as  a res i dent  alien.’ 8  We 
 have  obeyed Jon a dab,  son  of  our an ces tor Re-
chab,  in  all  he com mand ed  us. So  we  haven’t 
 drunk  wine  our  whole  life  —   we,  our  wives, 
 our  sons,  and  our daugh ters. 9  We  also  have 
 not  built hous es  to  live  in  and  do  not  have 
vine yard,  field,  or  seed.


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10  But  we  have  lived  in 
 tents  and  have  obeyed  and  done ev ery thing 
 our an ces tor Jon a dab com mand ed  us. 11 How-
ev er,  when  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon 
 marched  into  the  land,  we  said, ‘ Come,  let’s  go 
 into Je ru sa lem  to  get  away  from  the Chal de an 
 and Ar a me an ar mies.’  So  we  have  been liv ing 
 in Je ru sa lem.”
12  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e-
mi ah: 13 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says:  Go,  say  to  the  men  of Ju dah 
 and  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem, ‘ Will  you  not 
ac cept dis ci pline  by lis ten ing  to  my  words? —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion.


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14  The  words 
 of Jon a dab,  son  of Re chab,  have  been car ried 
 out. He com mand ed  his de scen dants  not  to 
 drink  wine,  and  they  have  not  drunk  to  this 
 day be cause  they  have  obeyed  their ancestor’s 
com mand. But  I  have spo ken  to  you  time  and 
 time  again, a  and  you  have  not  obeyed  me! 15  Time  and  time  again b  I  have  sent  you  all  my 
ser vants  the proph ets, pro claim ing, “ Turn, 
 each  one  from  his  evil  way ,  and cor rect  your 
ac tions. Stop fol low ing oth er  gods  to  serve 
 them.


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Live  in  the  land  that  I  gave  you  and  your 
an ces tors.”  But  you  did  not  pay at ten tion  or 
 obey  me. 16  Yes,  the  sons  of Jon a dab  son  of Re-
chab car ried  out  their ancestor’s com mand  he 
 gave  them,  but  these peo ple  have  not  obeyed 
 me. 17 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God 
 of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  will cer tain-
ly  bring  on Ju dah  and  on  all  the res i dents  of 
Je ru sa lem  all  the di sas ter  I  have pro nounced 
 against  them be cause  I  have spo ken  to  them, 
 but  they  have  not  obeyed,  and  I  have  called  to 
 them,  but  they  did  not an swer.’ ”
18  But  to  the  house  of  the Re chab ites Jer e mi-
ah  said, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘Be cause  you  have  obeyed 
 the com mand  of  your an ces tor Jon a dab  and 
 have  kept  all  his com mands  and  have  done 
ev ery thing  he com mand ed  you, 19  this  is  what 
 the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: 
Jon a dab  son  of Re chab  will nev er  fail  to  have 
 a  man  to  stand be fore  me al ways.’ ”
JEREMIAH DICTATES A SCROLL
36 
 In  the  fourth  year  of Je hoi a kim  son  of 
Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah,  this  word  came  to 
Jer e mi ah  from  the  L ord: 2 “ Take  a  scroll,  and 
 write  on  it  all  the  words  I  have spo ken  to  you 
con cern ing Is ra el, Ju dah,  and  all  the na tions 
 from  the  time  I  first  spoke  to  you dur ing Jo-
si ah’s  reign un til to day . 3 Per haps  when  the 
 house  of Ju dah  hears  about  all  the di sas ter 
 I  am plan ning  to  bring  on  them,  each  one  of 
 them  will  turn  from  his  evil  way . Then  I  will 
for give  their in iq ui ty  and  their  sin.”
4  So Jer e mi ah sum moned Bar uch  son  of Ne-
ri ah. At Jer e mi ah’s dic ta tion, c Bar uch  wrote  on 
 a  scroll  all  the  words  the  L ord  had spo ken  to 
Jer e mi ah. 5  Then Jer e mi ah com mand ed Bar-
uch, “ I  am re strict ed;  I can not en ter  the tem ple 
 of  the  L ord, 6  so  you  must  go  and  read  from 
 the  scroll  —   which  you  wrote  at  my dic ta tion d  
—   the  words  of  the  L ord  in  the hear ing  of  the 
peo ple  at  the tem ple  of  the  L ord  on  a  day  of 
a35:14 Lit you, rising up early and speaking   b35:15 Lit Rising up early and sending   c36:4 Lit From Jeremiah’s mouth    
d36:6 Lit wrote from my mouth
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Read  his  words  in  the hear ing  of  all 
 the Ju de ans  who  are com ing  from  their cit-
ies. 7 Per haps  their pe ti tion  will  come be fore 
 the  L ord,  and  each  one  will  turn  from  his  evil 
 way ,  for  the an ger  and  fury  that  the  L ord  has 
pro nounced  against  this peo ple  are in tense.” 
8  So Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah  did ev ery thing  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah  had com mand ed  him. At 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple  he  read  the  L ord’ s  words 
 from  the  scroll. BARUCH READS THE SCROLL
9  In  the  fifth  year  of Je hoi a kim  son  of Jo si-
ah,  king  of Ju dah,  in  the  ninth  month,  all  the 
peo ple  of Je ru sa lem  and  all  those com ing  in 
 from Ju dah’s cit ies  into Je ru sa lem pro claimed 
 a  fast be fore  the  L ord. 10  Then  at  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  in  the cham ber  of Gem a ri ah  son  of 
Sha phan  the  scribe,  in  the up per court yard 
 at  the open ing  of  the  New  Gate  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  in  the hear ing  of  all  the peo ple, Bar-
uch  read Jer e mi ah’s  words  from  the  scroll. 11  When Mi ca iah  son  of Gem a ri ah,  son  of Sha-
phan,  heard  all  the  words  of  the  L ord  from  the 
 scroll, 12  he  went  down  to  the  scribe’s cham ber 
 in  the  king’s pal ace. All  the off  i cials  were sit ting 
 there  —  Elish a ma  the  scribe, De la iah  son  of 
She ma iah, El na than  son  of Ach bor, Gem a ri ah 
 son  of Sha phan, Zed e ki ah  son  of Han a ni ah, 
 and  all  the oth er off  i cials. 13 Mi ca iah re port-
ed  to  them  all  the  words  he  had  heard  when 
Bar uch  read  from  the  scroll  in  the hear ing  of 
 the peo ple. 14  Then  all  the off  i cials  sent  word 
 to Bar uch  through Je hu di  son  of Neth a ni ah, 
 son  of Shel e mi ah,  son  of Cu shi, say ing, “ Bring 
 the  scroll  that  you  read  in  the hear ing  of  the 
peo ple,  and  come.”  So Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah 
 took  the  scroll  and  went  to  them. 15  They  said 
 to  him, “ Sit  down  and  read  it  in  our hear ing.” 
 So Bar uch  read  it  in  their hear ing. 16  When  they  had  heard  all  the  words,  they 
 turned  to  each oth er  in  fear  and  said  to Bar uch, 
“ We  must sure ly  tell  the  king  all  these  things.” 
17  Then  they  asked Bar uch, “ Tell  us,  how  did 
 you  write  all  these  words? At  his dic ta tion?


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” a
18 Bar uch  said  to  them, “ At  his dic ta tion. He 
re cit ed  all  these  words  to  me  while  I  was writ-
ing  on  the  scroll  in  ink.”
JEHOIAKIM BURNS THE SCROLL
19  The off  i cials  said  to Bar uch, “ You  and Jer-
e mi ah  must  hide  and  tell  no  one  where  you 
 are.” 20  Then, af ter depositing  the  scroll  in  the 
cham ber  of Elish a ma  the  scribe,  the off  i cials 
 came  to  the  king  at  the court yard  and re port ed 
ev ery thing  in  the hear ing  of  the  king. 21  The 
 king  sent Je hu di  to  get  the  scroll,  and  he  took 
 it  from  the cham ber  of Elish a ma  the  scribe.


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Je hu di  then  read  it  in  the hear ing  of  the  king 
 and  all  the off  i cials  who  were stand ing  by  the 
 king. 22  Since  it  was  the  ninth  month,  the  king 
 was sit ting  in  his win ter quar ters  with  a  fire 
burn ing  in  front  of  him. 23  As  soon  as Je hu di 
 would  read  three  or  four col umns, Je hoi a kim 
 would  cut  the  scroll b  with  a  scribe’s  knife  and 
 throw  the col umns  into  the  fire  in  the  hearth 
un til  the en tire  scroll  was con sumed  by  the 
 fire  in  the  hearth. 24  As  they  heard  all  these 
 words,  the  king  and  all  of  his ser vants  did  not 
be come ter ri fied  or  tear  their  clothes. 25  Even 
 though El na than, De la iah,  and Gem a ri ah  had 
 urged  the  king  not  to  burn  the  scroll,  he  did 
 not lis ten  to  them. 26  Then  the  king com mand-
ed Je rah me el  the  king’s  son, Se ra iah  son  of 
Az ri el,  and Shel e mi ah  son  of Ab de el  to  seize 
 the  scribe Bar uch  and  the proph et Jer e mi ah, 
 but  the  L ord  hid  them. JEREMIAH DICTATES ANOTHER SCROLL
27 Af ter  the  king  had  burned  the  scroll  and 
 the  words Bar uch  had writ ten  at Jer e mi ah’s 
dic ta tion, c  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer-
e mi ah: 28 “ Take an oth er  scroll,  and  once  again 
 write  on  it  the orig i nal  words  that  were  on  the 
orig i nal  scroll  that  King Je hoi a kim  of Ju dah 
 burned. 29  You  are  to pro claim con cern ing 
 King Je hoi a kim  of Ju dah, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:  You  have  burned  the  scroll, ask ing, 
“ Why  have  you writ ten  on  it  that  the  king  of 
Bab ylon  will cer tain ly  come  and de stroy  this 
 land  and  cause  it  to  be with out peo ple  or an i-
mals? ” 30 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says 
con cern ing  King Je hoi a kim  of Ju dah:  He  will 
 have  no  one  to  sit  on Da vid’s  throne,  and  his 
 corpse  will  be  thrown  out  to  be ex posed  to 
 the  heat  of  day  and  the  frost  of  night. 31  I  will 
pun ish  him,  his de scen dants,  and  his off  i cers 
 for  their in iq ui ty .


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I  will  bring  on  them,  on  the 
res i dents  of Je ru sa lem,  and  on  the peo ple  of 
Ju dah  all  the di sas ter,  which  I  warned  them 
 about  but  they  did  not lis ten.’ ”
32  Then Jer e mi ah  took an oth er  scroll  and 
 gave  it  to Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah,  the  scribe, 
 and  he  wrote  on  it  at Jer e mi ah’s dic ta tion d  all 
a36:17 Lit From his mouth, also in v . 18   b36:23 Lit columns, he would tear it   c36:27 Lit written from Jeremiah’s mouth   
d36:32 Lit it from Jeremiah’s mouth
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 the  words  of  the  scroll  that Je hoi a kim, Ju dah’s 
 king,  had  burned  in  the  fire. And  many oth er 
 words  like  them  were add ed. JERUSALEM’S LAST DAYS
37 
Zed e ki ah  son  of Jo si ah  reigned  as  king 
 in  the  land  of Ju dah  in  place  of Coniah a 
 son  of Je hoi a kim,  for  King Neb u chad nez zar  of 
Bab ylon  made  him  king. 2  He  and  his off  i cers 
 and  the peo ple  of  the  land  did  not  obey  the 
 words  of  the  L ord  that  he  spoke  through  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah. 3 Nev er the less,  King Zed e ki ah  sent Je hu cal 
 son  of Shel e mi ah  and Zeph a ni ah  son  of Ma-
a se iah,  the  priest,  to  the proph et Jer e mi ah, 
re quest ing, “ Please  pray  to  the  L ord  our  God 
 for  us! ” 4 Jer e mi ah  was go ing  about  his dai ly 
 tasks b  among  the peo ple,  for  he  had  not  yet 
 been  put  into  the pris on. 5 Pha raoh’s  army 
 had  left  Egypt,  and  when  the Chal de ans,  who 
 were be sieg ing Je ru sa lem,  heard  the re port, 
 they with drew  from Je ru sa lem. 6  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  the proph et 
Jer e mi ah: 7 “ This  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  says:  This  is  what  you  will  say  to Ju-
dah’s  king,  who  is send ing  you  to in quire  of 
 me: ‘ Watch: Pha raoh’s  army ,  which  has  come 
 out  to  help  you,  is go ing  to re turn  to  its  own 
 land  of  Egypt. 8  The Chal de ans  will  then re turn 
 and  fight  against  this  city .


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They  will cap ture  it 
 and  burn  it. 9  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Don’t 
de ceive your selves  by say ing, “ The Chal de ans 
 will  leave  us  for  good,”  for  they  will  not  leave. 10 In deed,  if  you  were  to  strike  down  the en tire 
Chal de an  army  that  is fight ing  with  you,  and 
 there re mained  among  them  only  the bad ly 
wound ed c  men,  each  in  his  tent,  they  would 
 get  up  and  burn  this  city .’ ”
JEREMIAH’S IMPRISONMENT
11  When  the Chal de an  army with drew  from 
Je ru sa lem be cause  of Pha raoh’s  army , 12 Jer-
e mi ah start ed  to  leave Je ru sa lem  to  go  to  the 
 land  of Ben ja min  to  claim  his por tion  there 
 among  the peo ple. 13  But  when  he  was  at  the 
Ben ja min  Gate,  an off  i cer  of  the  guard  was 
 there,  whose  name  was Iri jah  son  of Shel e mi-
ah,  son  of Han a ni ah,  and  he apprehended  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah, say ing, “ You  are defecting 
 to  the Chal de ans.”
14 “ That’s  a  lie,” Jer e mi ah re plied. “ I  am  not 
defecting  to  the Chal de ans! ” Iri jah  would  not 
lis ten  to  him  but apprehended Jer e mi ah  and 
 took  him  to  the off  i cials. 15  The off  i cials  were 
an gry  at Jer e mi ah  and  beat  him  and  placed 
 him  in  jail  in  the  house  of Jon a than  the  scribe, 
 for  it  had  been  made  into  a pris on. 16  So Jer-
e mi ah  went  into  a  cell  in  the dun geon  and 
 stayed  there  many  days. JEREMIAH SUMMONED BY ZEDEKIAH
17  King Zed e ki ah lat er  sent  for  him  and re ceived 
 him,  and  in  his  house pri vate ly  asked  him, “ Is 
 there  a  word  from  the  L ord? ”
“ There  is,” Jer e mi ah re spond ed. He con-
tin ued, “ You  will  be hand ed  over  to  the  king 
 of Bab ylon.” 18  Then Jer e mi ah  said  to  King 
Zed e ki ah, “ How  have  I  sinned  against  you  or 
 your ser vants  or  these peo ple  that  you  have 
 put  me  in pris on? 19  Where  are  your proph ets 
 who proph e sied  to  you, claim ing, ‘ The  king  of 
Bab ylon  will  not  come  against  you  and  this 
 land’?


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May  my pe ti tion  come be fore  you. Don’t  send 
 me  back  to  the  house  of Jon a than  the  scribe, 
 or  I  will  die  there.”
21  So  King Zed e ki ah  gave or ders,  and Jer-
e mi ah  was  placed  in  the  guard’s court yard. He  was giv en  a  loaf  of  bread  each  day  from 
 the bak ers’  street un til  all  the  bread  was  gone 
 from  the  city .


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So Jer e mi ah re mained  in  the 
 guard’s court yard. JEREMIAH THROWN INTO A CISTERN
38 
 Now Sheph a ti ah  son  of Mat tan, Ged a-
li ah  son  of Pash hur, Jucal d  son  of Shel-
e mi ah,  and Pash hur  son  of Mal chi jah  heard 
 the  words Jer e mi ah  was speak ing  to  all  the 
peo ple: 2 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘Who-
ev er  stays  in  this  city  will  die  by  the  sword, 
fam ine,  and  plague,  but who ev er sur ren ders 
 to  the Chal de ans  will  live. He  will re tain  his 
 life  like  the  spoils  of  war  and  will  live.’ 3  This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ This  city  will  most cer-
tain ly  be hand ed  over  to  the  king  of Bab ylon’s 
 army ,  and  he  will cap ture  it.’ ”
4  The off  i cials  then  said  to  the  king, “ This 
 man  ought  to  die, be cause  he  is weak en ing 
 the morale e  of  the war riors  who re main  in 
 this  city  and  of  all  the peo ple  by speak ing   
to  them  in  this  way . This  man  is  not pur su ing 
 the wel fare  of  this peo ple,  but  their  harm.”
5  King Zed e ki ah  said, “ Here  he  is;  he’s  in  your 
 hands  since  the  king  can’t  do any thing  against 
 you.” 6  So  they  took Jer e mi ah  and  dropped  him 
 into  the cis tern  of Mal chi ah  the  king’s  son, 
a37:1 = Jehoiachin   b37:4 Lit was coming in and going out   c37:10 Lit the pierced   d38:1 = Jehucal in Jr 37:3   e38:4 Lit hands
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 which  was  in  the  guard’s court yard, lowering 
Jer e mi ah  with  ropes. There  was  no wa ter  in 
 the cis tern,  only  mud,  and Jer e mi ah  sank  in 
 the  mud. 7  But Ebed-melech,  a Cush ite  court off  i cial 
 in  the  king’s pal ace,  heard Jer e mi ah  had  been 
 put  into  the cis tern. While  the  king  was sit-
ting  at  the Ben ja min  Gate, 8 Ebed-melech  went 
 from  the  king’s pal ace  and  spoke  to  the  king: 
9 “ My  lord  the  king,  these  men  have  been  evil 
 in  all  they  have  done  to  the proph et Jer e mi ah. They  have  dropped  him  into  the cis tern  where 
 he  will  die  from hun ger, be cause  there  is  no 
 more  bread  in  the  city .”
10  So  the  king com mand ed Ebed-melech,  the 
Cush ite, “ Take  from  here thir ty  men un der  your 
au thor i ty a  and  pull  the proph et Jer e mi ah  up 
 from  the cis tern be fore  he  dies.”
11  So Ebed-melech  took  the  men un der  his 
au thor i ty b  and  went  to  the  king’s pal ace  to  a 
 place be low  the store house. c  From  there  he 
 took  old  rags  and worn-out  clothes  and low-
ered  them  by  ropes  to Jer e mi ah  in  the cis tern. 12 Ebed-melech  the Cush ite  called  down  to 
Jer e mi ah, “ Place  these  old  rags  and  clothes 
be tween  your armpits  and  the  ropes.” Jer e-
mi ah  did  this. 13  They  pulled  him  up  with  the 
 ropes  and lift ed  him  out  of  the cis tern,  but  he 
re mained  in  the  guard’s court yard.


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ZEDEKIAH’S FINAL MEETING WITH JEREMIAH
14  King Zed e ki ah  sent  for  the proph et Jer e mi ah 
 and re ceived  him  at  the  third en trance  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple. The  king  said  to Jer e mi ah, “ I 
 am go ing  to  ask  you some thing;  don’t  hide 
any thing  from  me.”
15 Jer e mi ah re plied  to Zed e ki ah, “ If  I  tell  you, 
 you  will  kill  me,  won’t  you? Be sides,  if  I  give 
 you ad vice,  you  won’t lis ten  to  me anyway .”
16  King Zed e ki ah  swore  to Jer e mi ah  in pri-
vate, “ As  the  L ord  lives,  who  has giv en  us  this 
 life,  I  will  not  kill  you  or  hand  you  over  to  these 
 men  who in tend  to  take  your  life.”
17 Jer e mi ah there fore  said  to Zed e ki ah, “ This 
 is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Ar mies,  the  God 
 of Is ra el,  says: ‘ If in deed  you sur ren der  to  the 
off  i cials  of  the  king  of Bab ylon,  then  you  will 
 live,  this  city  will  not  be  burned,  and  you  and 
 your house hold  will sur vive. 18  But  if  you  do 
 not sur ren der  to  the off  i cials  of  the  king  of 
Bab ylon,  then  this  city  will  be hand ed  over 
 to  the Chal de ans. They  will  burn  it,  and  you 
your self  will  not es cape  from  them.’ ”
19  But  King Zed e ki ah  said  to Jer e mi ah, “ I  am 
wor ried  about  the Ju de ans  who  have de fect ed 
 to  the Chal de ans. They  may  hand  me  over  to 
 the Ju de ans  to  abuse  me.”
20 “ They  will  not  hand  you  over,” Jer e mi ah 
re plied.


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“ Obey  the  L ord  in  what  I  am tell ing 
 you,  so  it  may  go  well  for  you  and  you  can  live. 21  But  if  you re fuse  to sur ren der,  this  is  the ver-
dict d  that  the  L ord  has  shown  me: 22 ‘ All  the 
wom en e  who re main  in  the pal ace  of Ju dah’s 
 king  will  be  brought  out  to  the off  i cials  of  the 
 king  of Bab ylon  and  will  say  to  you, f
  “Your trusted friends  g misled h you
  and overcame you. Your feet sank into the mire,
  and they deserted you.”
23  All  your  wives  and chil dren  will  be  brought 
 out  to  the Chal de ans. You your self  will  not 
es cape  from  them,  for  you  will  be  seized  by 
 the  king  of Bab ylon  and  this  city  will  burn.’ ”
24  Then Zed e ki ah  warned Jer e mi ah, “ Don’t 
 let any one  know  about  this con ver sa tion i  or 
 you  will  die. 25  The off  i cials  may  hear  that  I 
 have spo ken  with  you  and  come  and de mand 
 of  you, ‘ Tell  us  what  you  said  to  the  king;  don’t 
 hide any thing  from  us  and  we  won’t  kill  you.


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Also,  what  did  the  king  say  to  you? ’ 26  If  they 
 do,  tell  them, ‘ I  was bring ing be fore  the  king 
 my pe ti tion  that  he  not re turn  me  to  the  house 
 of Jon a than  to  die  there.’ ” 27  All  the off  i cials 
 did  come  to Jer e mi ah,  and  they ques tioned 
 him. He re port ed  the ex act  words  to  them  the 
 king  had com mand ed,  and  they  quit speak ing 
 with  him be cause  the con ver sa tion j  had  not 
 been over heard.


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28 Jer e mi ah re mained  in  the 
 guard’s court yard un til  the  day Je ru sa lem  was 
cap tured,  and  he  was  there  when  it hap pened. k
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM TO BABYLON
39 
 In  the  ninth  year  of  King Zed e ki ah  of 
Ju dah,  in  the  tenth  month,  King Neb-
u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon ad vanced  against 
Je ru sa lem  with  his en tire  army  and  laid  siege 
 to  it. 2  In  the  fourth  month  of Zed e ki ah’s elev-
enth  year,  on  the  ninth  day  of  the  month,  the 
 city  was bro ken  into. 3  All  the off  i cials  of  the 
 king  of Bab ylon en tered  and  sat  at  the Mid dle 
 Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Sam gar, Ne bu sar se-
chim l  the  chief  of  staff, Nergal-sharezer  the 
a38:10 Lit men in your hand   b38:11 Lit men in his hand   c38:11 Or treasury   d38:21 Or promise ; lit word   e38:22 Or 
wives   f38:22 to you supplied for clarity   g38:22 Lit “The men of your peace   h38:22 Or incited   i38:24 Lit about these 
words   j38:27 Lit word   k38:28 Or captured. This is what happened when Jerusalem was captured:   l39:3 LXX; MT reads 
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 chief sooth say er,  and  all  the  rest  of  the off  i cials 
 of Bab ylon’s  king. 4  When  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah  and  all  the 
fight ing  men  saw  them,  they  fled. They  left 
 the  city  at  night  by  way  of  the  king’s gar den 
 through  the  city  gate be tween  the  two  walls. They  left  along  the  route  to  the Ar a bah. 5 How-
ev er,  the Chal de an  army pur sued  them  and 
over took Zed e ki ah  in  the  plains  of Jer i cho. They ar rest ed  him  and  brought  him  up  to Neb-
u chad nez zar, Bab ylon’s  king,  at Rib lah  in  the 
 land  of Ha math. The  king  passed sen tence 
 on  him  there. 6  At Rib lah  the  king  of Bab ylon slaugh -
tered Zed e ki ah’s  sons be fore  his  eyes,  and 
 he  also slaugh tered  all Ju dah’s no bles. 7  Then 
 he blind ed Zed e ki ah  and  put  him  in  bronze 
 chains  to  take  him  to Bab ylon. 8  The Chal de-
ans  next  burned  down  the  king’s pal ace  and 
 the peo ple’s hous es  and  tore  down  the  walls 
 of Je ru sa lem. 9 Neb u zar a dan,  the cap tain  of 
 the  guards, de port ed  the  rest  of  the peo ple  to 
Bab ylon  —   those  who  had re mained  in  the 
 city  and  those deserters  who  had de fect ed  to 
 him  along  with  the  rest  of  the peo ple  who re-
mained. 10 How ev er, Neb u zar a dan,  the cap tain 
 of  the  guards,  left  in  the  land  of Ju dah  some  of 
 the  poor peo ple  who  owned noth ing,  and  he 
 gave  them vine yards  and  fields  at  that  time. JEREMIAH FREED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR
11 Speak ing  through Neb u zar a dan, cap tain  of 
 the  guards,  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon 
 gave or ders con cern ing Jer e mi ah: 12 “ Take  him 
 and  look af ter  him. Don’t  do  him  any  harm, 
 but  do  for  him what ev er  he  says.” 13 Neb u zar-
a dan, cap tain  of  the  guards, Neb u shaz ban 
 the  chief  of  staff, Nergal-sharezer  the  chief 
sooth say er,  and  all  the cap tains  of Bab ylon’s 
 king 14  had Jer e mi ah  brought  from  the  guard’s 
court yard  and  turned  him  over  to Ged a li ah 
 son  of Ahi kam,  son  of Sha phan,  to  take  him 
 home. So  he set tled  among  his  own peo ple.


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15  Now  the  word  of  the  L ord  had  come  to 
Jer e mi ah  when  he  was con fined  in  the  guard’s 
court yard: 16 “ Go  tell Ebed-melech  the Cush-
ite, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God 
 of Is ra el,  says:  I  am  about  to ful fill  my  words 
 for di sas ter  and  not  for  good  against  this  city . They  will  take  place be fore  your  eyes  on  that 
 day .


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17  But  I  will res cue  you  on  that  day  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —   and  you  will  not  be 
hand ed  over  to  the  men  you  dread. 18 In deed, 
 I  will cer tain ly de liv er  you  so  that  you  do  not 
 fall  by  the  sword.


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Be cause  you  have trust ed 
 in  me,  you  will re tain  your  life  like  the  spoils 
 of  war. This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion.’ ”
JEREMIAH STAYS IN JUDAH
40 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi-
ah  from  the  L ord af ter Neb u zar a dan, 
cap tain  of  the  guards, re leased  him  at Ra mah. When  he  found  him,  he  was  bound  in  chains 
 with  all  the ex iles  of Je ru sa lem  and Ju dah 
 who  were be ing ex iled  to Bab ylon. 2  The cap-
tain  of  the  guards  took Jer e mi ah  and  said  to 
 him, “ The  L ord  your  God de creed  this di sas ter 
 on  this  place, 3  and  the  L ord  has ful filled  it. He  has  done  just  what  he de creed.


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Be cause 
 you peo ple  have  sinned  against  the  L ord  and 
 have  not  obeyed  him,  this  thing  has hap pened. 4  Now  pay at ten tion: To day  I  am set ting  you 
 free  from  the  chains  that  were  on  your  hands. If  it pleas es  you  to  come  with  me  to Bab ylon, 
 come,  and  I  will  take  care  of  you. But  if  it  seems 
 wrong  to  you  to  come  with  me  to Bab ylon,  go 
 no far ther.


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a  Look  —   the  whole  land  is  in  front 
 of  you. Wher ev er  it  seems  good  and  right  for 
 you  to  go,  go  there.” 5  When Jer e mi ah  had  not 
 yet  turned  to  go, Neb u zar a dan  said  to  him, b 
“Re turn c  to Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  son  of 
Sha phan,  whom  the  king  of Bab ylon  has ap-
point ed  over  the cit ies  of Ju dah,  and  stay  with 
 him  among  the peo ple  or  go wher ev er  it  seems 
 right  for  you  to  go.”  So  the cap tain  of  the  guards 
 gave  him  a ration  and  a  gift  and re leased  him. 6 Jer e mi ah there fore  went  to Ged a li ah  son  of 
Ahi kam  at Miz pah,  and  he  stayed  with  him 
 among  the peo ple  who re mained  in  the  land. GEDALIAH ADVISES PEACE
7  All  the com mand ers  of  the ar mies  that  were 
 in  the coun try side  —   they  and  their  men  —  
 heard  that  the  king  of Bab ylon  had ap point ed 
Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam  over  the  land. He  had 
 been  put  in  charge  of  the  men, wom en,  and 
chil dren  from  among  the poor est  of  the  land, 
 who  had  not  been de port ed  to Bab ylon. 8  So 
 they  came  to Ged a li ah  at Miz pah. The com-
mand ers in clud ed Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah, 
Jo ha nan  and Jon a than  the  sons  of Ka re ah, 
Se ra iah  son  of Tan hu meth,  the  sons  of  Ephai 
 the Ne toph a thite,  and Jez a ni ah  son  of  the Ma-
ac a thite  —   they  and  their  men. a40:4 Lit Babylon, stop   b40:5 Nebuzaradan said to him supplied for clarity   c40:5 LXX reads “But if not, run, return ; Hb 
obscure
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9 Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  son  of Sha phan, 
 swore  an  oath  to  them  and  their  men, assur-
ing  them, “ Don’t  be  afraid  to  serve  the Chal-
de ans. Live  in  the  land  and  serve  the  king  of 
Bab ylon,  and  it  will  go  well  for  you.


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10  As  for 
 me,  I  am go ing  to  live  in Miz pah  to rep re sent 
 you a be fore  the Chal de ans  who  come  to  us. As  for  you, gath er  wine, sum mer  fruit,  and 
 oil,  place  them  in  your stor age  jars,  and  live 
 in  the cit ies  you  have cap tured.”
11  When  all  the Ju de ans  in  Moab  and  among 
 the Am mon ites  and  in  Edom  and  in  all  the oth er 
 lands  also  heard  that  the  king  of Bab ylon  had 
 left  a rem nant  in Ju dah  and  had ap point ed 
Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  son  of Sha phan,  over 
 them, 12  they  all re turned  from  all  the plac-
es  where  they  had  been ban ished  and  came 
 to  the  land  of Ju dah,  to Ged a li ah  at Miz pah, 
 and har vest ed  a  great  amount  of  wine  and 
sum mer  fruit. 13 Mean while, Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah  and 
 all  the com mand ers  of  the ar mies  in  the coun-
try side  came  to Ged a li ah  at Miz pah 14  and 
 warned  him, “ Don’t  you re al ize  that Ba a lis, 
 king  of  the Am mon ites,  has  sent Ish ma el  son 
 of Neth a ni ah  to  kill  you?


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”  But Ged a li ah  son 
 of Ahi kam  would  not be lieve  them. 15  Then 
Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah sug gest ed  to Ged a li ah 
 in pri vate  at Miz pah, “ Let  me  go  kill Ish ma el 
 son  of Neth a ni ah. No  one  will  know  it. Why 
 should  he  kill  you  and al low  all  of Ju dah  that 
 has gath ered  around  you  to scat ter  and  the 
rem nant  of Ju dah  to per ish? ”
16  But Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam re spond ed  to 
Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah, “ Don’t  do  that! What 
 you’re say ing  about Ish ma el  is  a  lie.”
GEDALIAH ASSASSINATED BY ISHMAEL
41 
 In  the sev enth  month, Ish ma el  son  of 
Neth a ni ah,  son  of Elish a ma,  of  the roy-
al fam i ly  and  one  of  the  king’s  chief off  i cers, 
 came  with  ten  men  to Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam 
 at Miz pah. They  ate  a  meal to geth er  there  in 
Miz pah, 2  but  then Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah 
 and  the  ten  men  who  were  with  him  got  up 
 and  struck  down Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  son 
 of Sha phan,  with  the  sword;  he  killed  the  one 
 the  king  of Bab ylon  had ap point ed  in  the  land. 3 Ish ma el  also  struck  down  all  the Ju de ans  who 
 were  with Ged a li ah  at Miz pah,  as  well  as  the 
Chal de an sol diers  who  were  there. 4  On  the  day af ter  he  had  killed Ged a li ah, 
 when  no  one  knew  yet, 5  eighty  men  came 
 from She chem, Shi loh,  and Sa mar ia  who  had 
 shaved  their  beards,  torn  their  clothes,  and 
gashed them selves,  and  who  were car ry ing 
 grain  and in cense off  er ings  to  bring  to  the 
tem ple  of  the  L ord. 6 Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah 
 came  out  of Miz pah  to  meet  them, weep ing 
 as  he  came.


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” 7  But 
 when  they  came  into  the  city , Ish ma el  son  of 
Neth a ni ah  and  the  men  with  him slaugh tered 
 them  and  threw  them  into b  a cis tern. 8 How ev er,  there  were  ten  men  among  them 
 who  said  to Ish ma el, “ Don’t  kill  us,  for  we  have 
hid den trea sure  in  the  field  —   wheat, bar ley , 
 oil,  and hon ey! ”  So  he  stopped  and  did  not 
 kill  them  along  with  their com pan ions. 9  Now 
 the cis tern  where Ish ma el  had  thrown  all  the 
 corpses  of  the  men  he  had  struck  down  was 
 a  large  one c  that  King  Asa  had  made  in  the 
en coun ter  with  King Ba a sha  of Is ra el. Ish-
ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah  filled  it  with  the  slain. 10  Then Ish ma el  took cap tive  all  the  rest  of 
 the peo ple  of Miz pah in clud ing  the daugh ters 
 of  the  king  —   all  those  who re mained  in Miz-
pah  over  whom Neb u zar a dan, cap tain  of  the 
 guards,  had ap point ed Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam. Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah  took  them cap tive 
 and  set  off  to  cross  over  to  the Am mon ites. THE CAPTIVES RESCUED BY JOHANAN
11  When Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah  and  all  the 
com mand ers  of  the ar mies  with  him  heard 
 of  all  the  evil  that Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah 
 had  done, 12  they  took  all  their  men  and  went 
 to  fight  with Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah. They 
 found  him  by  the  great  pool  in Gib e on. 13  When 
 all  the peo ple  held  by Ish ma el  saw Jo ha nan 
 son  of Ka re ah  and  all  the com mand ers  of  the 
 army  with  him,  they re joiced. 14  All  the peo ple 
 whom Ish ma el  had tak en cap tive  from Miz pah 
 turned  around  and re joined Jo ha nan  son  of Ka-
re ah. 15  But Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah es caped 
 from Jo ha nan  with  eight  men  and  went  to  the 
Am mon ites. 16 Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah  and  all 
 the com mand ers  of  the ar mies  with  him  then 
 took  from Miz pah  all  the rem nant  of  the peo ple 
 whom  he  had re cov ered  from Ish ma el  son  of 
Neth a ni ah af ter Ish ma el  had  killed Ged a li ah 
 son  of Ahi kam  —   men, sol diers, wom en, chil-
dren,  and  court off  i cials  whom  he  brought  back 
 from Gib e on. 17  They  left, stop ping  in Ge ruth 
Chim ham,  which  is  near Beth le hem,  in or der 
 to  make  their  way  into  Egypt, 18  away  from 
a40:10 Lit to stand   b41:7 Syr; MT reads slaughtered them in   c41:9 LXX; MT reads down by the hand of Gedaliah
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 the Chal de ans. For  they  feared  them be cause 
Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni ah  had  struck  down 
Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  whom  the  king  of 
Bab ylon  had ap point ed  over  the  land. THE PEOPLE SEEK JEREMIAH’S COUNSEL
42 
 Then  all  the com mand ers  of  the ar mies, 
 along  with Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah, 
Jez a ni ah  son  of Ho sha iah,  and  all  the peo ple 
 from  the  least  to  the great est, ap proached 2  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah  and  said, “ May  our pe ti tion 
 come be fore  you;  pray  to  the  L ord  your  God 
 on  our be half,  on be half  of  this en tire rem nant 
( for  few  of  us re main  out  of  the  many ,  as  you 
 can  see  with  your  own  eyes), 3  that  the  L ord 
 your  God  may  tell  us  the  way  we  should  go 
 and  the  thing  we  should  do.”
4  So  the proph et Jer e mi ah  said  to  them, “ I 
 have  heard. I  will  now  pray  to  the  L ord  your 
 God ac cord ing  to  your  words,  and  I  will  tell 
 you ev ery  word  that  the  L ord an swers  you;  I 
 won’t with hold  a  word  from  you.”
5  And  they  said  to Jer e mi ah, “ May  the  L ord 
 be  a  true  and faith ful wit ness  against  us  if  we 
 don’t  act ac cord ing  to ev ery  word  the  L ord 
 your  God  sends  you  to  tell  us.


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6 Wheth er  it  is 
pleas ant  or unpleasant,  we  will  obey  the  L ord 
 our  God  to  whom  we  are send ing  you  so  that 
 it  may  go  well  with  us.


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We  will cer tain ly  obey 
 the  L ord  our  God! ”
JEREMIAH’S ADVICE TO STAY
7  At  the  end  of  ten  days,  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to Jer e mi ah, 8  and  he sum moned Jo ha-
nan  son  of Ka re ah,  all  the com mand ers  of  the 
ar mies  who  were  with  him,  and  all  the peo ple 
 from  the  least  to  the great est. 9  He  said  to  them, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says, 
 the  God  of Is ra el  to  whom  you  sent  me  to  bring 
 your pe ti tion be fore  him: 10 ‘ If  you  will in deed 
 stay  in  this  land,  then  I  will re build  and  not 
de mol ish  you,  and  I  will  plant  and  not up root 
 you, be cause  I re lent con cern ing  the di sas ter 
 that  I  have  brought  on  you. 11  Don’t  be  afraid 
 of  the  king  of Bab ylon  whom  you  now  fear; 
 don’t  be  afraid  of  him’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  ‘be cause  I  am  with  you  to  save 
 you  and res cue  you  from  him. 12  I  will  grant  you 
com pas sion,  and  he a  will  have com pas sion  on 
 you  and al low  you  to re turn  to  your  own  soil.’ 
13 “ But  if  you  say , ‘ We  will  not  stay  in  this 
 land,’  in or der  to dis obey  the  L ord  your  God, 
14  and  if  you  say , ‘ No, in stead  we’ll  go  to  the 
 land  of  Egypt  where  we  will  not  see  war  or 
 hear  the  sound  of  the  ram’s  horn  or hun ger 
 for  food,  and  we’ll  live  there,’ 15  then  hear  the 
 word  of  the  L ord, rem nant  of Ju dah! This  is 
 what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el, 
 says: ‘ If  you  are firm ly re solved  to  go  to  Egypt 
 and  stay  there  for  a  while, 16  then  the  sword 
 you  fear  will over take  you  there  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  and  the fam ine  you  are wor ried  about 
 will fol low  on  your  heels b  there  to  Egypt,  and 
 you  will  die  there. 17  All  who resolve  to  go  to 
 Egypt  to  stay  there  for  a  while  will  die  by  the 
 sword, fam ine,  and  plague. They  will  have  no 
sur vi vor  or fu gi tive  from  the di sas ter  I  will 
 bring  on  them.’
18 “ For  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ Just  as  my an ger  and  fury 
 were  poured  out  on Je ru sa lem’s res i dents,  so 
 will  my  fury  pour  out  on  you  if  you  go  to  Egypt. You  will be come  an ex am ple  for curs ing,  scorn, 
execration,  and dis grace,  and  you  will nev er 
 see  this  place  again.’ 19  The  L ord  has spo ken 
con cern ing  you, rem nant  of Ju dah: ‘ Don’t  go 
 to  Egypt.’  Know  for cer tain  that  I  have  warned 
 you to day! 20  You  have  gone  astray  at  the  cost 
 of  your  lives c be cause  you  are  the  ones  who 
 sent  me  to  the  L ord  your  God, say ing, ‘ Pray  to 
 the  L ord  our  God  on  our be half,  and  as  for  all 
 that  the  L ord  our  God  says,  tell  it  to  us,  and  we’ll 
 act ac cord ing ly .’ 21  For  I  have  told  you to day , 
 but  you  have  not  obeyed  the  L ord  your  God  in 
ev ery thing  he  has  sent  me  to  tell  you. 22  Now 
there fore,  know  for cer tain  that  by  the  sword, 
fam ine,  and  plague  you  will  die  in  the  place 
 where  you de sired  to  go  to  stay  for  a  while.”
JEREMIAH’S COUNSEL REJECTED
43 
 When Jer e mi ah  had fin ished speak ing 
 to  all  the peo ple  all  the  words  of  the 
 L ord  their  God  —   all  these  words  the  L ord 
 their  God  had  sent  him  to  give  them — 2  then 
Az a ri ah d  son  of Ho sha iah, Jo ha nan  son  of 
Ka re ah,  and  all  the oth er ar ro gant  men re-
spond ed  to Jer e mi ah, “ You  are speak ing  a  lie! The  L ord  our  God  has  not  sent  you  to  say , ‘ You 
 must  not  go  to  Egypt  to  stay  there  for  a  while!


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’ 
3 Rath er, Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah  is in cit ing  you 
 against  us  to  hand  us  over  to  the Chal de ans 
 to  put  us  to  death  or  to deport  us  to Bab ylon! ”
4  So Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah,  all  the com mand-
ers  of  the ar mies,  and  all  the peo ple  failed  to 
 obey  the  L ord’ s com mand  to  stay  in  the  land 
 of Ju dah. 5 In stead, Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah  and 
a42:12 LXX reads I   b42:16 Lit will cling after you   c42:20 Or You have led your own selves astray   d43:2 = Jezaniah
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 all  the com mand ers  of  the ar mies  led  away 
 the  whole rem nant  of Ju dah,  those  who  had 
re turned  to  stay  in  the  land  of Ju dah  from  all 
 the na tions  where  they  had  been ban ished. 6  They  led  away  the  men, wom en, chil dren, 
 king’s daugh ters,  and ev ery one  whom Neb-
u zar a dan, cap tain  of  the  guards,  had al lowed 
 to re main  with Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam  son 
 of Sha phan. They  also  led  the proph et Jer e-
mi ah  and Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah  away . 7  They 
 went  to  the  land  of  Egypt be cause  they  did  not 
 obey  the  L ord. They  went  as  far  as Tah pan hes. GOD’S SIGN TO THE PEOPLE IN EGYPT
8  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Jer e mi ah 
 at Tah pan hes: 9 “ Pick  up  some  large  stones  and 
 set  them  in  the mor tar  of  the  brick pave ment 
 that  is  at  the open ing  of Pha raoh’s pal ace  at 
Tah pan hes. Do  this  in  the  sight  of  the Ju de an 
 men 10  and  tell  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of 
Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  will  send  for 
 my ser vant Neb u chad nez zar  king  of Bab ylon, 
 and  I  will  place  his  throne  on  these  stones 
 that  I  have em bed ded,  and  he  will  pitch  his 
pa vil ion  over  them. 11  He  will  come  and  strike 
 down  the  land  of  Egypt  —   those des tined  for 
 death,  to  death;  those des tined  for cap tiv i ty ,  to 
cap tiv i ty;  and  those des tined  for  the  sword,  to 
 the  sword.


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12  I a  will kin dle  a  fire  in  the tem ples 
 of  Egypt’s  gods,  and  he  will  burn  them  and 
 take  them cap tive. He  will  clean  the  land  of 
 Egypt  as  a shep herd  picks  lice  off b  his  clothes, 
 and  he  will  leave  there un scathed. 13  He  will 
 smash  the sa cred pil lars  of  the  sun tem ple c,d 
 in  the  land  of  Egypt  and  burn  the tem ples  of 
 the Egyp tian  gods.’ ”
GOD’S JUDGMENT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE  
IN EGYPT
44 
 This  is  the  word  that  came  to Jer e mi-
ah  for  all  the  Jews liv ing  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt  —   at Mig dol, Tah pan hes, Mem phis, 
 and  in  the  land  of Path ros: 2 “ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  You 
 have  seen  all  the di sas ter  I  brought  against 
Je ru sa lem  and  all Ju dah’s cit ies. Look,  they  are 
 a  ruin to day with out  an in hab i tant  in  them 
3 be cause  of  the  evil  they com mit ted  to an ger 
 me,  by go ing  and burn ing in cense  to  serve 
oth er  gods  that  they ,  you,  and  your fa thers 
 did  not  know .


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4  So  I  sent  you  all  my ser vants 
 the proph ets  time  and  time  again, e say ing, 
‘ Don’t com mit  this de test able ac tion  that  I  hate.’ 
5  But  they  did  not lis ten  or  pay at ten tion;  they 
 did  not  turn  from  their  evil  or  stop burn ing 
in cense  to oth er  gods. 6  So  my  fierce  wrath 
 poured  out  and  burned  in Ju dah’s cit ies  and 
Je ru sa lem’s  streets  so  that  they be came  the 
des o late  ruin  they  are to day . 7 “ So  now ,  this  is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  Why  are  you 
do ing  such ter ri ble  harm  to your selves? You 
 are cut ting  off  man  and wom an, in fant  and 
nurs ing  baby  from Ju dah, leav ing your selves 
with out  a rem nant.


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8  You  are angering  me  by 
 the  work  of  your  hands. You  are burn ing in-
cense  to oth er  gods  in  the  land  of  Egypt  where 
 you  have  gone  to  stay  for  a  while. As  a re sult, 
 you  will  be  cut  off  and be come  an ex am ple  for 
curs ing  and in sult  among  all  the na tions  of 
 earth. 9  Have  you for got ten  the  evils  of  your 
fa thers,  the  evils  of Ju dah’s  kings,  the  evils  of 
 their  wives,  your  own  evils,  and  the  evils  of 
 your  wives  that  were com mit ted  in  the  land  
 of Ju dah  and  in  the  streets  of Je ru sa lem? 10  They 
 have  not be come hum ble  to  this  day ,  and  they 
 have  not  feared  or fol lowed  my in struc tion 
 or  my stat utes  that  I  set be fore  you  and  your 
an ces tors. 11 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar-
mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  am  about  to 
 set  my  face  against  you  to  bring di sas ter,  to 
 cut  off  all Ju dah. 12  And  I  will  take  away  the 
rem nant  of Ju dah,  those  who  have  set  their 
 face  to  go  to  the  land  of  Egypt  to  stay  there. All  of  them  will  meet  their  end  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt. They  will  fall  by  the  sword;  they  will 
 meet  their  end  by fam ine. From  the  least  to 
 the great est,  they  will  die  by  the  sword  and  by 
fam ine. Then  they  will be come  an ex am ple  for 
curs ing,  scorn, execration,  and dis grace.


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13  I 
 will pun ish  those liv ing  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
 just  as  I pun ished Je ru sa lem  by  sword, fam-
ine,  and  plague. 14  Then  the rem nant  of Ju dah  
—   those go ing  to  live  for  a  while  there  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt  —   will  have  no fu gi tive  or sur vi-
vor  to re turn  to  the  land  of Ju dah  where  they 
 are long ing f  to re turn  to  stay ,  for  they  will  not 
re turn ex cept  for  a  few fu gi tives.”
THE PEOPLE’S STUBBORN RESPONSE
15 How ev er,  all  the  men  who  knew  that  their 
 wives  were burn ing in cense  to oth er  gods,  all 
 the wom en stand ing  by  —   a  great as sem bly  
a43:12 LXX, Syr , Vg read He   b43:12 Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in   c43:13 Or 
Beth-shemesh   d43:13 = of Heliopolis   e44:4 Lit prophets, rising up early and sending   f44:14 Lit lifting up their soul
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—   and  all  the peo ple  who  were liv ing  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt  at Path ros an swered Jer e mi ah, 
16 “ As  for  the  word  you  spoke  to  us  in  the  name 
 of  the  L ord,  we  are  not go ing  to lis ten  to  you! 17 In stead,  we  will  do ev ery thing  we prom ised: a 
 we  will  burn in cense  to  the  queen  of heav en b 
 and off  er  drink off  er ings  to  her  just  as  we, 
 our fa thers,  our  kings,  and  our off  i cials  did 
 in Ju dah’s cit ies  and  in Je ru sa lem’s  streets. Then  we  had  enough  food,  we  were  well  off, 
 and  we  saw  no di sas ter, 18  but  from  the  time 
 we  ceased  to  burn in cense  to  the  queen  of 
heav en  and  to off  er  her  drink off  er ings,  we 
 have  lacked ev ery thing,  and  through  sword 
 and fam ine  we  have  met  our  end.”
19  And  the wom en  said, c “ When  we  burned 
in cense  to  the  queen  of heav en  and  poured 
 out  drink off  er ings  to  her,  was  it  apart  from 
 our hus bands’ knowl edge  that  we  made sac-
rificial  cakes  in  her im age  and  poured  out 
 drink off  er ings  to  her? ”
20  But Jer e mi ah re spond ed  to  all  the peo ple  
—   the  men, wom en,  and  all  the peo ple  who 
 were an swer ing  him: 21 “ As  for  the in cense  you 
 burned  in Ju dah’s cit ies  and  in Je ru sa lem’s 
 streets  —   you,  your fa thers,  your  kings,  your 
off  i cials,  and  the peo ple  of  the  land  —   did  the 
 L ord  not re mem ber  them?


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He  brought  this 
 to  mind. 22  The  L ord  can  no lon ger  bear  your 
 evil  deeds  and  the de test able  acts  you  have 
com mit ted,  so  your  land  has be come  a  waste, 
 a des o la tion,  and  an ex am ple  for curs ing, with-
out in hab i tant,  as  you  see to day . 23 Be cause  you 
 burned in cense  and  sinned  against  the  L ord 
 and  didn’t  obey  the  L ord  and  didn’t fol low  his 
in struc tion,  his stat utes,  and  his tes ti mo nies, 
 this di sas ter  has  come  to  you,  as  you  see to day .”
24  Then Jer e mi ah  said  to  all  the peo ple, in-
clud ing  all  the wom en, “ Hear  the  word  of  the 
 L ord,  all  you peo ple  of Ju dah  who  are  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt. 25  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar-
mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ As  for  you  and 
 your  wives,  you wom en  have spo ken  with  your 
 mouths,  and  you  men ful filled  it  by  your  deeds, 
say ing, “ We  will  keep  our  vows  that  we  have 
 made  to  burn in cense  to  the  queen  of heav en 
 and  to  pour  out  drink off  er ings  for  her.”  Go 
 ahead, con firm  your  vows! Keep  your  vows! ’
26 “There fore,  hear  the  word  of  the  L ord,  all 
 you Ju de ans  who  live  in  the  land  of  Egypt: ‘ I 
 have  sworn  by  my  great  name,  says  the  L ord, 
 that  my  name  will nev er  again  be in voked  by 
any one  of Ju dah  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt, say-
ing, “ As  the  Lord  G od  lives.” 27  I  am watch ing 
 over  them  for di sas ter  and  not  for  good,  and 
ev ery one  from Ju dah  who  is  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt  will  meet  his  end  by  sword  or fam ine 
un til  they  are fin ished  off. 28  Those  who es cape 
 the  sword  will re turn  from  the  land  of  Egypt 
 to  the  land  of Ju dah  only  few  in num ber,  and 
 the  whole rem nant  of Ju dah,  the  ones go ing 
 to  the  land  of  Egypt  to  stay  there  for  a  while, 
 will  know  whose  word  stands,  mine  or  theirs! 29  This  will  be  a  sign  to  you’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  ‘ that  I  will pun ish  you  in  this 
 place,  so  you  may  know  that  my  words  of di-
sas ter con cern ing  you  will cer tain ly  come  to 
 pass. 30  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I  am  about 
 to  hand  over Pha raoh Hoph ra,  Egypt’s  king,  to 
 his en e mies,  to  those  who in tend  to  take  his  life, 
 just  as  I hand ed  over Ju dah’s  King Zed e ki ah  to 
Bab ylon’s  King Neb u chad nez zar,  who  was  his 
en e my ,  the  one  who in tend ed  to  take  his  life.’ ”
THE LORD’S MESSAGE TO BARUCH
45 
 This  is  the  word  that  the proph et Jer e mi-
ah  spoke  to Bar uch  son  of Ne ri ah  when 
 he  wrote  these  words  on  a  scroll  at Jer e mi ah’s 
dic ta tion d  in  the  fourth  year  of Je hoi a kim 
 son  of Jo si ah,  king  of Ju dah: 2 “ This  is  what 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says  to  you, Bar-
uch: 3 ‘ You  have  said, “ Woe  is  me, be cause  the 
 L ord  has add ed mis ery  to  my  pain! I  am  worn 
 out  with e groan ing  and  have  found  no  rest.” ’
4 “ This  is  what  you  are  to  say  to  him: ‘ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says: “ What  I  have  built  I  am 
 about  to de mol ish,  and  what  I  have plant ed  I 
 am  about  to up root  —   the  whole  land!


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Stop pur su ing! For  I  am  about  to  bring 
di sas ter  on ev ery one”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion  —  “ but  I  will  grant  you  your  life 
 like  the  spoils  of  war wher ev er  you  go.” ’ ”
PROPHECIES AGAINST THE NATIONS
46 
 This  is  the  word  of  the  L ord  that  came 
 to  the proph et Jer e mi ah  about  the na-
tions:
PROPHECIES AGAINST EGYPT
2  About  Egypt  and  the  army  of Pha raoh 
 Neco,  Egypt’s  king,  which  was de feat ed  at 
Car che mish  on  the Eu phra tes Riv er  by  King 
a44:17 Lit do every word that came from our mouth   b44:17 = Ashtoreth, or Astarte   c44:19 LXX, Syr; MT omits And the 
women said   d45:1 Lit scroll from Jeremiah’s mouth   e45:3 Lit I labored in my
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Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  in  the  fourth  year 
 of Ju dah’s  King Je hoi a kim  son  of Jo si ah:
 3 Deploy small shields and large;
  approach for battle! 4 Harness the horses;
  mount the steeds;  a
  take your positions with helmets on!


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Polish the lances;
  put on armor! 5 Why have I seen this? They are terrified,
  they are retreating,
  their warriors are crushed,
  they flee headlong,
  they never look back,
  terror is on every side! This is the Lord’s declaration. 6 The swift cannot flee,
  and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the bank 
of the Euphrates River,
  they stumble and fall. 7 Who is this, rising like the Nile,
  with waters that churn like rivers? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
  and its waters churn like rivers. He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover 
the earth;
  I will destroy cities 
with their residents.”
 9 Rise up, you cavalry! Race furiously , you chariots! Let the warriors march out —
  Cush and Put,
  who are able to handle shields,
  and the men of Lud,
  who are able to handle and string 
the bow . 10 That day belongs to the Lord, the God  
of Armies,
  a day of vengeance to avenge himself
  against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied;
  it will drink its fill of their blood,
  because it will be a sacrifice 
to the Lord, the God of Armies,
  in the northern land 
by the Euphrates River. 11 Go up to Gilead and get balm,
  Virgin Daughter Egypt! You have multiplied remedies in vain;
  there is no healing for you. 12 The nations have heard of your dishonor,
  and your cries fill the earth,
  because warrior stumbles 
against warrior
  and together both of them have fallen. 13  This  is  the  word  the  L ord  spoke  to  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah  about  the com ing  of  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  to de feat  the  land 
 of  Egypt:
 14 Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it 
in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis 
and in Tahpanhes!


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Say , “Take positions! Prepare yourself,
  for the sword devours all around you.”
 15 Why have your strong ones 
been swept away? Each has not stood,
  for the Lord has thrust him down. 16 He continues to stumble. Indeed, each falls over the other.


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They say , “Get up! Let’s return 
to our people
  and to our native land,
  away from the oppressor’s sword.”
 17 There they will cry out,
  “Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
  he let the opportune moment pass.”
 18 As I live —
  this is the King’s declaration;
  the Lord of Armies is his name —
  the king of Babylon  b will come 
like Tabor among the mountains
  and like Carmel by the sea. 19 Get your bags ready for exile,
  inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!


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For Memphis will become a desolation,
  uninhabited ruins. 20 Egypt is a beautiful young cow ,
  but a horsefly from the north is coming 
against her. c
 21 Even her mercenaries among her
  are like stall-fed calves.


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They too will turn back;
  together they will flee;
  they will not take their stand,
  for the day of their calamity is coming 
on them,
  the time of their punishment. a46:4 Or mount up, riders   b46:18 Lit He   c46:20 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read is coming, coming
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 22 Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake,  a
  for the enemy will come with an army;
  with axes they will come against her
  like those who cut trees. 23 They will cut down her forest —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  though it is dense,
  for they are more numerous 
than locusts;
  they cannot be counted. 24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
  handed over to a northern people. 25  The  L ord  of Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says, 
“ I  am  about  to pun ish  Amon,  god  of  Thebes, 
 along  with Pha raoh,  Egypt,  her  gods,  and  her 
 kings  —  Pha raoh  and  those trust ing  in  him. 26  I  will  hand  them  over  to  those  who in tend  to 
 take  their  lives  —   to  King Neb u chad nez zar  of 
Bab ylon  and  his off  i cers.


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But af ter  this,  Egypt b 
 will  be in hab it ed  again  as  in an cient  times.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. REASSURANCE FOR ISRAEL
 27 But you, my servant Jacob, 
do not be afraid,
  and do not be discouraged, Israel,
  for without fail I will save you 
from far away ,
  and your descendants from the land 
of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm 
and quiet
  with no one to frighten him. 28 And you, my servant Jacob, 
do not be afraid —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  for I will be with you. I will bring destruction 
on all the nations
  where I have banished you,
  but I will not bring destruction on you.


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I will discipline you with justice,
  and I will by no means 
leave you unpunished. PROPHECIES AGAINST THE PHILISTINES
47 
 This  is  the  word  of  the  L ord  that  came 
 to  the proph et Jer e mi ah  about  the Phi-
lis tines be fore Pha raoh de feat ed  Gaza. 2  This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Look, water is rising from the north
  and becoming an overflowing wadi. It will overflow the land and everything 
in it,
  the cities and their inhabitants.


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The people will cry out,
  and every inhabitant of the land 
will wail. 3 At the sound of the stomping hooves 
of his stallions,
  the rumbling of his chariots,
  and the clatter of their wheels,
  fathers will not turn back 
for their sons. They will be utterly helpless  c
 4 on account of the day that is coming
  to destroy all the Philistines,
  to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
  every remaining ally . Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy 
the Philistines,
  the remnant of the coastland 
of Caphtor. d
 5 Baldness is coming to Gaza;
  Ashkelon will become silent. Remnant of their valley ,
  how long will you gash yourself? 6 Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath;
  be still; be silent! 7 How can it e rest
  when the Lord has given it 
a command?


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He has assigned it
  against Ashkelon and the shore 
of the sea. PROPHECIES AGAINST MOAB
48 
 About  Moab,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of 
Ar mies,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says:
  Woe to Nebo, because it is 
about to be destroyed;
  Kiriathaim will be put to shame; 
it will be taken captive. The fortress will be put to shame 
and dismayed! 2 There is no longer praise for Moab;
  they plan harm against her in Heshbon:
  Come, let’s cut her off 
from nationhood. Also, Madmen, you will be silenced;
a46:22 Lit Her sound is like a snake as it goes   b46:26 Lit it   c47:3 Lit Because of weakened hands   d47:4 Probably Crete   
e47:7 LXX, Vg; MT reads you
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  the sword will follow you. 3 A voice cries out from Horonaim,
  “devastation and a crushing blow! ”
 4 Moab will be shattered;
  her little ones will cry out. 5 For on the Ascent to Luhith
  they will be weeping continually , a
  and on the descent to Horonaim
  will be heard cries of distress 
over the destruction:
 6 Flee! Save your lives!


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Be like a juniper bush  b 
in the wilderness. 7 Because you trust in your works 
and treasures,
  you will be captured also. Chemosh will go into exile
  with his priests and officials. 8 The destroyer will move 
against every town;
  not one town will escape. The valley will perish,
  and the plain will be annihilated,
  as the Lord has said. 9 Make Moab a salt marsh,  c
  for she will run away;  d
  her towns will become a desolation,
  without inhabitant. 10 The one who does
  the Lord’s business deceitfully  e 
is cursed,
  and the one who withholds
  his sword from bloodshed is cursed. 11 Moab has been left quiet 
since his youth,
  settled like wine on its dregs.


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So his taste has remained the same,
  and his aroma hasn’t changed. 12 Therefore look, the days are coming —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  when I will send pourers to him, 
who will pour him out.


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They will empty his containers
  and smash his jars. 13 Moab will be put to shame 
because of Chemosh,
  just as the house of Israel was 
put to shame
  because of Bethel that they trusted in. 14 How can you say , “We are warriors —
  valiant men for battle”? 15 The destroyer of Moab and its towns
  has come up, f
  and the best of its young men
  have gone down to slaughter. This is the King’s declaration;
  the Lord of Armies is his name. 16 Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
  his disaster is rushing swiftly . 17 Mourn for him, 
all you surrounding nations,
  everyone who knows his name. Say , “How the mighty scepter 
is shattered,
  the glorious staff! ”
 18 Come down from glory; 
sit on parched ground,
  resident of the daughter of Dibon,
  for the destroyer of Moab has come 
against you;
  he has destroyed your fortresses. 19 Stand by the highway and watch,
  resident of Aroer! Ask him who is fleeing or her 
who is escaping,
  “What happened? ”
 20 Moab is put to shame, 
indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon
  that Moab is destroyed. 21 “Judg ment  has  come  to  the  land  of  the pla-
teau  —   to Ho lon, Jah zah, Meph a ath, 22 Di bon, 
 Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23 Kir ia tha im, Beth-
ga mul, Beth-me on, 24 Ke ri oth, Boz rah,  and 
 all  the  towns  of  the  land  of  Moab,  those  far 
 and  near. 25  Moab’s  horn  is  chopped  off;  his 
 arm  is shat tered.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 26 “ Make  him  drunk, be cause  he  has ex alt ed 
him self  against  the  L ord. Moab  will wal low 
 in  his  own vom it,  and  he  will  also be come  a 
laugh ing stock. 27  Wasn’t Is ra el  a laugh ing stock 
 to  you?


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Was  he  ever  found  among  thieves? a48:5 Lit Luhith, weeping goes up with weeping   b48:6 Or like Aroer ; Is 17:2; Jr 48:19   c48:9 LXX reads a sign ; Vg reads 
a flower ; Syr , Tg read a crown   d48:9 Hb obscure   e48:10 Or negligently   f48:15 Or Moab is destroyed; he has come up 
against its cities
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 For when ev er  you  speak  of  him  you  shake 
 your  head.”
 28 Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
  residents of Moab!


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Be like a dove
  that nests inside the mouth of a cave. 29 We have heard of Moab’s pride,
  great pride, indeed —
  his insolence, arrogance, pride,
  and haughty heart. 30 I know his outburst.


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His boast is empty . 31 Therefore, I will wail over Moab. I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
  he will moan for the men of Kir -heres. 32 I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
  with more than the weeping for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
  they have reached to the sea 
and to Jazer. a
  The destroyer has fallen 
on your summer fruit 
and grape harvest. 33 Gladness and celebration are taken 
from the fertile field
  and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine 
from the winepresses;
  no one will tread with shouts of joy . The shouting is not a shout of joy . 34 “ There  is  a  cry  from Hesh bon  to Ele a leh; 
 they  make  their  voices  heard  as  far  as Ja haz  
—   from  Zoar  to Hor o na im  and Eglath-shel-
ishiyah  —  be cause  even  the Wa ters  of Nim-
rim  have be come des o late. 35  In  Moab,  I  will 
 stop”  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “ the 
 one  who off  ers sac ri fic es  on  the  high  place 
 and  burns in cense  to  his  gods. 36 There fore, 
 my  heart moans  like  flutes  for  Moab,  and 
 my  heart moans  like  flutes  for  the peo ple  of 
Kir-heres. And there fore,  the  wealth  he  has 
 gained  has per ished. 37 In deed, ev ery  head  is 
 bald  and ev ery  beard  is  chopped  short.


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On 
ev ery  hand  is  a  gash  and sack cloth  around 
 the  waist. 38  On  all  the rooftops  of  Moab  and 
 in  her pub lic  squares, ev ery one  is mourn ing 
be cause  I  have shat tered  Moab  like  a  jar  no 
 one  wants.”  This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 39 “ How bro ken  it  is!


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They  wail! How  Moab 
 has  turned  his  back! He  is  ashamed. Moab 
 will be come  a laugh ing stock  and  a shock  to 
 all  those  around  him.”
40  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Look! He will swoop down like an eagle
  and spread his wings against Moab. 41 The towns have b been captured,
  and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart 
of Moab’s warriors
  will be like the heart of a woman 
with contractions. 42 Moab will be destroyed as a people
  because he has exalted himself 
against the Lord. 43 Panic, pit, and trap
  await you, resident of Moab. This is the Lord’s declaration. 44 He who flees from the panic will fall 
in the pit,
  and he who climbs from the pit
  will be captured in the trap,
  for I will bring against Moab
  the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration. 45 Those who flee will stand exhausted 
in Heshbon’s shadow
  because fire has come out 
from Heshbon
  and a flame from within Sihon. It will devour Moab’s forehead
  and the skull of the noisemakers. 46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished
  because your sons have been 
taken captive
  and your daughters have gone 
into captivity . 47 Yet, I will restore the fortunes  c of Moab 
in the last days. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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The judgment on Moab ends here. PROPHECIES AGAINST AMMON
49 
 About  the Am mon ites,  this  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:
  Does Israel have no sons? Is he without an heir?


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Why then has Milcom  d,e 
dispossessed Gad
a48:32 Some Hb mss read reached as far as Jazer   b48:41 Or Kerioth has   c48:47 Or will end the captivity   d49:1 LXX, Syr , 
Vg; MT reads Malkam   e49:1 = Molech
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  and his people settled in their cities? 2 Therefore look, the days are coming —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  when I will make the shout 
of battle heard
  against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound,
  and its surrounding villages will be set 
on fire. Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
  says the Lord. 3 Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated;
  cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourselves with sackcloth, 
and lament;
  run back and forth within your walls,  a
  because Milcom will go into exile
  together with his priests and officials. 4 Why do you boast about your valleys,
  your flowing valley , b
  you faithless daughter —
  you who trust in your treasures
  and say , “Who can attack me? ”
 5 Look, I am about to bring terror 
on you —
  this is the declaration 
of the Lord God of Armies —
  from all those around you. You will be banished, 
each person headlong,
  with no one to gather up the fugitives. 6 But after that, I will restore 
the fortunes c of the Ammonites. This is the Lord’s declaration. PROPHECIES AGAINST EDOM
7  About  Edom,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies   
says:
  Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished 
from the prudent?


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Turn back! Lie low ,
  residents of Dedan,
  for I will bring Esau’s calamity on him
  at the time I punish him. 9 If grape harvesters came to you,
  wouldn’t they leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night,
  they would destroy only 
what they wanted. 10 But I will strip Esau bare;
  I will uncover his secret places. He will try to hide, but he will be unable.


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He will exist no longer. 11 Abandon your fatherless; 
I will preserve them;
  let your widows trust in me. 12  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  says: “ If  those  who 
 do  not de serve  to  drink  the  cup  must  drink  it, 
 can  you pos si bly re main un pun ished? You  will 
 not re main un pun ished,  for  you  must  drink  it 
 too. 13  For  by my self  I  have  sworn”  —   this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  “Boz rah d  will be come  a 
des o la tion,  a dis grace,  a  ruin,  and  an ex am ple 
 for curs ing,  and  all  its sur round ing cit ies  will 
be come ru ins for ev er.”
 14 I have heard an envoy from the Lord;
  a messenger has been sent 
among the nations:
  Assemble yourselves to come against her. Rise up for war! 15 I will certainly make you insignificant 
among the nations,
  despised among humanity . 16 As to the terror you cause,  e
  your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock,  f
  you who occupy the mountain summit,
  though you elevate your nest 
like the eagles,
  even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration. 17 “ Edom  will be come  a des o la tion. Ev ery one 
 who pass es  by  her  will  be ap palled  and  scoff  
be cause  of  all  her  wounds. 18  As  when Sod om 
 and Go mor rah  were over thrown  along  with 
 their neigh bors,”  says  the  L ord, “ no  one  will 
 live  there;  no hu man be ing  will  stay  in  it  even 
temporarily . 19 “ Look,  it  will  be  like  a  lion com ing  from  the 
thick ets g  of  the Jor dan  to  the wa tered graz ing 
 land. I  will  chase  Edom  away  from  her  land  in 
 a  flash. I  will ap point who ev er  is cho sen  for 
 her. For  who  is  like  me?


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Who  is  the shep herd  who  can 
 stand  against  me? ”
20 There fore,  hear  the  plans  that  the  L ord  has 
 drawn  up  against  Edom  and  the strategies  he 
a49:3 Or sheep pens   b49:4 Or about your strength, your ebbing strength   c49:6 Or will end the captivity, also in v . 39   
d49:13 = Edom’s capital   e49:16 Lit Your horror   f49:16 = Petra   g49:19 Lit pride
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 has de vised  against  the peo ple  of Te man:  The 
 flock’s lit tle  lambs  will cer tain ly  be  dragged 
 away ,  and  their graz ing  land  will  be  made des-
o late be cause  of  them. 21  At  the  sound  of  their 
 fall  the  earth  will  quake;  the  sound  of  her  cry 
 will  be  heard  at  the  Red  Sea.


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It  will  be 
 like  an ea gle soaring up ward,  then swoop ing 
 down  and spread ing  its  wings  over Boz rah. In 
 that  day  the  hearts  of  Edom’s war riors  will  be 
 like  the  heart  of  a wom an  with contractions. PROPHECIES AGAINST DAMASCUS
23  About Da mas cus:
  Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,
  for they have heard a bad report 
and are agitated,
  like  a the anxious sea that cannot 
be calmed. 24 Damascus has become weak;
  she has turned to run;
  panic has gripped her.


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Distress and labor pains have seized her
  like a woman in labor. 25 How can the city of praise 
not be abandoned,
  the town that brings me joy? 26 Therefore, her young men will fall 
in her public squares;
  all the warriors will perish in that day . This is the declaration of the Lord  
of Armies. 27 I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
  it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels. PROPHECIES AGAINST KEDAR AND HAZOR
28  About Ke dar  and  the king doms  of Ha zor, 
 which  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon de-
feat ed,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  Rise up, attack Kedar,
  and destroy the people of the east! 29 They will take their tents and their flocks
  along with their tent curtains 
and all their equipment.


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They will take their camels 
for themselves. They will call out to them,
  “Terror is on every side! ”
 30 Run!


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Escape quickly! Lie low ,
  residents of Hazor —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
  has drawn up a plan against you;
  he has devised a strategy against you. 31 Rise up, attack a nation at ease,
  one living in security .


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This is the Lord’s declaration. They have no doors, not even 
a gate bar;
  they live alone. 32 Their camels will become plunder,
  and their massive herds of cattle will 
become spoil. I will scatter them to the wind 
in every direction,
  those who clip the hair on 
their temples;
  I will bring calamity on them 
across all their borders. This is the Lord’s declaration. 33 Hazor will become a jackals’ den,
  a desolation forever. No one will live there;
  no human being will stay in it even 
temporarily . PROPHECIES AGAINST ELAM
34  This  is  the  word  of  the  L ord  that  came  to  the 
proph et Jer e mi ah  about  Elam b  at  the be gin-
ning  of  the  reign  of  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah. 35  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  I am about to shatter Elam’s bow ,
  the source  c of their might. 36 I will bring the four winds against Elam
  from the four corners of the heavens,
  and I will scatter them 
to all these winds. There will not be a nation
  to which Elam’s banished ones 
will not go. 37 I will devastate Elam 
before their enemies,
  before those who intend to take 
their lives. I will bring disaster on them,
  my burning anger. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will send the sword after them
  until I finish them off. 38 I will set my throne in Elam,
  and I will destroy the king and officials 
from there. This is the Lord’s declaration. 39 Yet, in the last days,
  I will restore the fortunes of Elam. This is the Lord’s declaration. a49:23 Lit in   b49:34 = modern Iran   c49:35 Lit first
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PROPHECIES AGAINST BABYLON
50 
 This  is  the  word  the  L ord  spoke  about 
Bab ylon,  the  land  of  the Chal de ans, 
 through  the proph et Jer e mi ah:
 2 Announce to the nations;
  proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
  proclaim, and hide nothing. Say , “Babylon is captured;
  Bel is put to shame;
  Marduk is terrified.”
  Her idols are put to shame;
  her false gods, devastated.


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No one will be living in it —
  both people and animals will escape. a
 4 In those days and at that time —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  the Israelites and Judeans 
will come together,
  weeping as they come,
  and will seek the Lord their God. 5 They will ask about Zion,
  turning their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves  b 
to the Lord
  in a permanent covenant that will 
never be forgotten. 6 My people were lost sheep;
  their shepherds led them astray ,
  guiding them the wrong way 
in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill;
  they forgot their resting place.


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7 Whoever found them devoured them. Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;
  instead, they have sinned 
against the Lord,
  their righteous grazing land,
  the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.”
 8 Escape from Babylon;
  depart from the Chaldeans’ land. Be like the rams that lead the flock. 9 For I will soon stir up and bring 
against Babylon
  an assembly of great nations 
from the north country . They will line up in battle formation 
against her;
  from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be 
like a skilled c warrior
  who does not return empty-handed. 10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;
  all Babylon’s plunderers will be 
fully satisfied. This is the Lord’s declaration. 11 Because you rejoice,
  because you celebrate —
  you who plundered my inheritance —
  because you frolic like a young cow 
treading grain
  and neigh like stallions,
 12 your mother will be utterly humiliated;
  she who bore you  
will be put to shame. Look!


