Quotes about Jeremiah
This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
— Jeremiah 46:1
Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 46:5
The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
— Jeremiah 46:12
This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
— Jeremiah 46:13
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
— Jeremiah 46:14
There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
— Jeremiah 46:17
Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.
— Jeremiah 46:21
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
— Jeremiah 47:1
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
— Jeremiah 47:6
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
— Jeremiah 48:4
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
— Jeremiah 48:8
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
— Jeremiah 48:10