Quotes about Jeremiah
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
— Jeremiah 38:28
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
— Jeremiah 39:2
Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
— Jeremiah 39:3
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
— Jeremiah 39:6
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
— Jeremiah 39:7
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
— Jeremiah 39:9
But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
— Jeremiah 39:10
Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,
— Jeremiah 39:11
So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
— Jeremiah 39:13
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
— Jeremiah 39:14
For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
— Jeremiah 39:18
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
— Jeremiah 40:1