Quotes about Jeremiah
So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
— Jeremiah 43:7
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
— Jeremiah 43:8
“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
— Jeremiah 43:9
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
— Jeremiah 44:1
because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
— Jeremiah 44:3
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
— Jeremiah 44:4
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
— Jeremiah 44:10
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
— Jeremiah 44:15
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
— Jeremiah 44:20
This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
— Jeremiah 44:29
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
— Jeremiah 45:1
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
— Jeremiah 45:2