Quotes about Jeremiah
And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
— Jeremiah 20:6
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
— Jeremiah 20:8
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
— Jeremiah 20:15
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
— Jeremiah 21:1
I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
— Jeremiah 21:6
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
— Jeremiah 21:9
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
— Jeremiah 21:10
This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
— Jeremiah 22:1
I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
— Jeremiah 22:7
but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”
— Jeremiah 22:12
The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
— Jeremiah 22:22
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
— Jeremiah 22:24