The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a deeply personal and emotionally charged prophetic work that chronicles warning, judgment, grief, and enduring hope. Written by Jeremiah, the book spans decades leading up to and including the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. Jeremiah’s ministry unfolds during one of the most tragic periods in Israel’s history.
Jeremiah is called as a prophet while still young and immediately confronted with resistance. His message is unwelcome: Judah has broken covenant with God through idolatry, injustice, and empty religious ritual. Despite outward worship, the people’s hearts are far from the LORD. Jeremiah repeatedly warns that judgment is coming—not because God is absent, but because He is faithful to His covenant standards.
A central theme of Jeremiah is the cost of ignored repentance. The prophet pleads with the people to return to God, warning that reliance on the temple, political alliances, or false assurances will not save them. Judah’s leaders and false prophets promise peace, but Jeremiah exposes those promises as lies. Truth brings isolation, suffering, and persecution for the prophet himself.
The book is notable for its raw honesty. Jeremiah records his own anguish, fear, and frustration in passages often called the “confessions of Jeremiah.” He wrestles openly with God, expressing sorrow over judgment while remaining obedient to his calling. His tears earn him the title “the weeping prophet,” reflecting both compassion and faithfulness.
Judgment, however, is not the final word. Jeremiah also delivers profound promises of restoration. God declares that exile will not last forever and introduces the promise of a new covenant—one written on the heart rather than stone. This covenant speaks of forgiveness, transformed hearts, and restored relationship with God.
Jeremiah concludes with the fall of Jerusalem, validating the prophet’s warnings, yet pointing beyond devastation toward hope. Even in ruin, God’s purposes continue. Nations rise and fall, but God remains sovereign, faithful, and committed to redemption.
The Book of Jeremiah stands as a sobering reminder that God’s patience has limits, but His mercy endures. It calls readers to listen when God speaks, to take repentance seriously, and to trust that even in judgment, God is working toward restoration.
Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah 1:11
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Jeremiah 1:12
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah 1:13
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 1:15
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 1:16
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. Reflection Jeremiah 1:16 marks the beginning of God’s pronouncement through His prophet against a nation straying from covenant faithfulness. The verse is vivid and […]
Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Jeremiah 1:18
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 1:19
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah 1:2
To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jeremiah 1:3
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Jeremiah 1:4
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah 1:7
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 1:8
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah 10:1
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Jeremiah 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Jeremiah 10:12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jeremiah 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 10:17
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah 10:18
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jeremiah 10:19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.