Quotes about Jeremiah
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
— Jeremiah 1:2
I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.
— Jeremiah 1:16
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 2:3
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
— Jeremiah 2:4
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
— Jeremiah 2:7
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 2:12
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
— Jeremiah 2:15
You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
— Jeremiah 2:25
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
— Jeremiah 2:30
Then I said, ‘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 would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
— Jeremiah 3:19
For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
— Jeremiah 4:15
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
— Jeremiah 4:18