Quotes about Jeremiah
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
— Jeremiah 4:20
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
— Jeremiah 4:22
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
— Jeremiah 5:4
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
— Jeremiah 5:9
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
— Jeremiah 5:10
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
— Jeremiah 5:13
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
— Jeremiah 5:16
Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
— Jeremiah 5:25
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
— Jeremiah 5:26
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
— Jeremiah 5:27
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
— Jeremiah 5:29
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
— Jeremiah 6:2