Quotes about Jeremiah
“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
— Jeremiah 28:13
This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
— Jeremiah 29:1
The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
— Jeremiah 29:3
Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
— Jeremiah 29:15
I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 29:19
Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
— Jeremiah 29:22
So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
— Jeremiah 29:27
(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
— Jeremiah 29:29
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
— Jeremiah 29:31
These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
— Jeremiah 30:4
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.
— Jeremiah 30:5
Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
— Jeremiah 30:16