Quotes about Jerusalem
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
— Jeremiah 4:14
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
— Jeremiah 4:16
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
— Jeremiah 5:1
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
— Jeremiah 6:1
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
— Jeremiah 6:6
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
— Jeremiah 6:8
Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
— Jeremiah 7:17
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
— Jeremiah 7:34
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
— Jeremiah 8:1
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
— Jeremiah 8:5
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
— Jeremiah 9:11
“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
— Jeremiah 11:2