Quotes about Jeremiah
So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
— Jeremiah 13:5
So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
— Jeremiah 13:7
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
— Jeremiah 13:17
Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
— Jeremiah 13:20
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
— Jeremiah 13:23
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
— Jeremiah 13:25
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
— Jeremiah 14:1
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
— Jeremiah 14:6
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
— Jeremiah 14:9
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
— Jeremiah 14:13
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
— Jeremiah 14:14
I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
— Jeremiah 15:7