Jon Green

Jeremiah 9

Read Jeremiah 9 9 1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water    and my eyes a fountain of tears!I would weep day and night    for the slain of my people.2 Oh, that I had in the desert    a lodging place for travelers,so that I might leave my people    and go away from them;for they are all adulterers,    a crowd of unfaithful …

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Jeremiah 8

Read Jeremiah 8 8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, …

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Jeremiah 7

Read Jeremiah 7 False Religion Worthless 7 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message: “‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. 3 This is what the Lord …

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Jeremiah 6

Read Jeremiah 6 Jerusalem Under Siege 6 “Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!    Flee from Jerusalem!Sound the trumpet in Tekoa!    Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem!For disaster looms out of the north,    even terrible destruction.2 I will destroy Daughter Zion,    so beautiful and delicate.3 Shepherds with their flocks will come against her;    they will pitch their tents around her,    each tending his own portion.” …

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Jeremiah 5

Read Jeremiah 5 Not One Is Upright 5 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem,    look around and consider,    search through her squares.If you can find but one person    who deals honestly and seeks the truth,    I will forgive this city.2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’    still they are swearing falsely.” 3 Lord, do not your eyes look …

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Jeremiah 4

Read Jeremiah 4 4 “If you, Israel, will return,    then return to me,”declares the Lord.“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight    and no longer go astray,2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way    you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’then the nations will invoke blessings by him    and in him they will boast.” 3 This is …

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Jeremiah 3

Read Jeremiah 3 3 “If a man divorces his wife    and she leaves him and marries another man,should he return to her again?    Would not the land be completely defiled?But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—    would you now return to me?”declares the Lord.2 “Look up to the barren heights and see.    Is there any place where you …

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Jeremiah 2

Read Jeremiah 2 Israel Forsakes God 2 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: “‘I remember the devotion of your youth,    how as a bride you loved meand followed me through the wilderness,    through a land not sown.3 Israel was holy to the Lord,    the …

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Jeremiah Introduction + 1

Jeremiah Preview Jeremiah means “Jehovah throws” or “Jehovah establishes, appoints, or sends.” Jeremiah was the author of this book (and likely the author of Lamentations). Baruch (a scribe) was tasked with compiling and copying Jeremiah’s dictations and writings. In compiling this book, it was grouped more by theme than chronologically. Thematically, we see first the …

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