Jeremiah

New Living Translation

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Jeremiah follows a prophet called to confront Judah’s unfaithfulness during the kingdom’s final years. Warnings of judgment, conflict with rulers and rival prophets, and personal laments accompany the approach of Babylonian conquest. Letters and promises address life in exile and future restoration, including a new covenant. The book also recounts Jerusalem’s fall and the remnant’s flight to Egypt.

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In Christian Bibles, Jeremiah is one of the Major Prophets of the Old Testament. In the Jewish Tanakh it belongs to the Nevi’im, the Prophets. See it on the shelf.

Jeremiah holding an almond branch as a great boiling pot tips from storm clouds toward distant Jerusalem
Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah 1: God calls and strengthens Jeremiah, confirming his mission through an almond branch and a boiling pot.

People leaving a clear spring to struggle beside cracked cisterns and a withered vine in a dry landscape
Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 2: Judah forsakes the fountain of living water for broken cisterns, idols, and unreliable alliances.

Families descending from barren hills as separate paths join toward rain-lit Jerusalem
Jeremiah 3

Jeremiah 3: God invites faithless Israel and Judah to confess, return, receive healing, and reunite in Zion.

Jeremiah standing on newly plowed ground as a trumpet sounds and a dark whirlwind advances toward Jerusalem
Jeremiah 4

Jeremiah 4: Judah is urged to repent as northern invasion approaches and the prophet laments coming devastation.

Jeremiah carrying a small lamp through a crowded market of dishonest scales, hardened leaders, and neglected families
Jeremiah 5

Jeremiah 5: Jerusalem's pervasive deceit, injustice, and refusal of correction bring an invading nation near.

Jeremiah indicating an open ancient path as crowds enter Jerusalem and a northern army gathers in the distance
Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 6: siege approaches as Jerusalem rejects God's word, the ancient good path, and warnings against false peace.

Jeremiah addressing worshipers at the temple gate while vulnerable families and merchants stand nearby
Jeremiah 7

Jeremiah 7: the temple sermon rejects ritual confidence without justice, obedience, and repentance.

Jeremiah grieving beside an empty balm jar in a parched harvested field as migrating birds cross the sky
Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 8: stubborn refusal, deceptive teaching, and false peace leave Judah wounded and Jeremiah grieving.

Jeremiah weeping above Jerusalem while compassionate neighbors tend injured people on the hillside
Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 9: the prophet mourns pervasive deceit and teaches that true boasting is knowing God's love and justice.

Craftsmen straining to move a plain wooden idol while Jeremiah watches beneath stars and gathering storm clouds
Jeremiah 10

Jeremiah 10: powerless handmade idols are contrasted with the living Creator as invasion and exile approach.

Jeremiah resting beneath an olive tree while shadowed conspirators approach and distant hilltop altars burn
Jeremiah 11

Jeremiah 11: covenant betrayal brings judgment while Jeremiah discovers a deadly plot among the people of Anathoth.

Jeremiah running through river shallows beside horses as trampled fields stretch toward a distant dawn
Jeremiah 12

Jeremiah 12: the prophet questions wicked prosperity and is called to endurance amid judgment and promised compassion.

Jeremiah lifting a decayed linen belt from a stream while proud leaders stand outside distant Jerusalem
Jeremiah 13

Jeremiah 13: a ruined linen belt exposes Judah's destructive pride and warns of humiliation and exile.

Jeremiah kneeling beside an empty well amid cracked earth, exhausted families, and suffering animals
Jeremiah 14

Jeremiah 14: drought devastates Judah as false prophets promise peace and Jeremiah intercedes for the people.

Jeremiah holding a scroll beside a great bronze wall while a hostile crowd recedes into shadow
Jeremiah 15

Jeremiah 15: unavoidable judgment and personal anguish lead to Jeremiah's renewed commission and promised strength.

Jeremiah watching families leave shadowed Jerusalem along a long road that curves toward a distant sunrise
Jeremiah 16

Jeremiah 16: the prophet's solitary life warns of exile while God promises a future gathering from many lands.

A broad green tree rooted beside water as Jeremiah addresses burdened travelers near a dry hillside and Jerusalem gate
Jeremiah 17

Jeremiah 17: trust in God is like a tree by water, while engraved sin and Sabbath disregard threaten Judah.

Jeremiah watching a potter reshape a collapsed clay vessel while wary listeners gather outside the workshop
Jeremiah 18

Jeremiah 18: the potter reshapes clay as God calls Judah to turn, but the people reject the warning and plot.

A clay jar breaking across bare rock as Jeremiah and Jerusalem's elders witness the prophetic sign
Jeremiah 19

Jeremiah 19: a shattered jar in the Valley of Hinnom signifies judgment for idolatry and innocent bloodshed.

A bruised but resolute Jeremiah standing near broken wooden stocks as warm light glows through his mantle
Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20: after beating and confinement, Jeremiah laments his calling yet cannot silence the word within him.

Jeremiah at Jerusalem's gate pointing between the burning besieged city and a road followed by surrendering families
Jeremiah 21

Jeremiah 21: Jerusalem will fall, surrender offers life, and Judah's royal house is commanded to practice justice.

Jeremiah and a vulnerable family watching unpaid laborers haul cedar for a lavish royal palace
Jeremiah 22

Jeremiah 22: Judah's kings are measured by justice, while exploitation and self-serving luxury lead to disgrace.

A faithful shepherd gathering sheep beneath a green branch while negligent shepherds disappear into shadow
Jeremiah 23

Jeremiah 23: corrupt shepherds and false prophets are judged as a righteous Branch gathers and rules the flock.

Jeremiah standing beside baskets of fresh and spoiled figs as an exile caravan follows a sunlit road
Jeremiah 24

Jeremiah 24: two baskets of figs portray restoration for receptive exiles and judgment for hardened survivors.

Jeremiah holding an earthen cup before gathered envoys as a vast northern storm spreads over many cities
Jeremiah 25

Jeremiah 25: ignored warnings bring seventy years of Babylonian rule and a cup of judgment for many nations.

Jeremiah speaking in the temple court as priests accuse him and an elder raises a restraining hand
Jeremiah 26

Jeremiah 26: a temple warning leads to a death threat, public defense, remembered precedent, and Jeremiah's protection.

Jeremiah bearing a wooden yoke before gathered envoys as oxen work near distant Babylonian banners
Jeremiah 27

Jeremiah 27: the prophet's wooden yoke warns Judah and neighboring nations to submit to Babylon and reject deception.

A snapped wooden yoke falling between calm Jeremiah and confident Hananiah while an iron yoke lies nearby
Jeremiah 28

Jeremiah 28: Hananiah breaks the wooden yoke, but Jeremiah exposes his false promise and announces an iron yoke.

An exiled family planting vegetables beside new homes as a messenger arrives carrying a blank scroll
Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29: exiles are told to build, plant, seek Babylon's peace, and trust God's promised restoration.

Jeremiah holding a blank scroll as returning families pass a shattered wooden yoke and approach renewed tents
Jeremiah 30

Jeremiah 30: God promises return from captivity, a broken yoke, healing, rebuilding, and restored leadership.

Children, elders, and families returning beside flowing water toward sunlit Zion as a grieving mother comforts a child
Jeremiah 31

Jeremiah 31: scattered Israel returns with joy, Rachel receives hope, and a new covenant is written on the heart.

Jeremiah sealing a blank field deed before witnesses while guards watch besieged Jerusalem beyond the courtyard
Jeremiah 32

Jeremiah 32: during Jerusalem's siege, Jeremiah buys a field as a sign that property and community will be restored.

Jeremiah looking from a dark courtyard toward restored streets, wedding lamps, shepherds, and a fresh green branch
Jeremiah 33

Jeremiah 33: devastated Jerusalem is promised healing, joy, shepherds, worship, and a righteous Davidic Branch.

Families carrying belongings are recalled through Jerusalem's gate as leaders gather near discarded bonds and siege smoke
Jeremiah 34

Jeremiah 34: Jerusalem's leaders free Hebrew servants, then enslave them again and violate their covenant.

Rechabite men, women, and children holding closed cups before Jeremiah in a temple chamber
Jeremiah 35

Jeremiah 35: the Rechabites faithfully refuse wine, contrasting their obedience with Judah's persistent refusal.

King Jehoiakim dropping a strip of blank scroll into a brazier as Baruch prepares a fresh scroll nearby
Jeremiah 36

Jeremiah 36: Jehoiakim burns Jeremiah's scroll, but Baruch records the prophetic words again with added warnings.

Jeremiah sitting in a shadowed vaulted prison while anxious King Zedekiah waits beyond a guarded doorway
Jeremiah 37

Jeremiah 37: temporary military relief ends, Jeremiah is imprisoned, and Zedekiah secretly seeks his counsel.

Ebed-melech and several helpers carefully lifting muddy Jeremiah from a deep cistern with ropes and cloths
Jeremiah 38

Jeremiah 38: Ebed-melech courageously rescues Jeremiah from a muddy cistern before the prophet counsels Zedekiah.

Jeremiah and Ebed-melech standing together as smoke rises from breached Jerusalem and an exile procession departs
Jeremiah 39

Jeremiah 39: Jerusalem falls to Babylon, while Jeremiah is released and Ebed-melech receives promised protection.

Jeremiah welcomed by Gedaliah among returning families carrying abundant grapes and summer fruit near Mizpah
Jeremiah 40

Jeremiah 40: Jeremiah joins Gedaliah at Mizpah as the remnant regathers, harvests, and faces a concealed threat.

Johanan welcoming rescued families beside a broad reservoir as Ishmael's small band retreats into distant hills
Jeremiah 41

Jeremiah 41: after Gedaliah's murder, Johanan rescues captives and the fearful remnant gathers near Bethlehem.

Jeremiah standing with anxious families where a sunlit Judean road and a storm-dark road toward Egypt divide
Jeremiah 42

Jeremiah 42: the remnant promises obedience, but God's answer directs them to remain in Judah rather than flee to Egypt.

Jeremiah setting large stones into clay pavement before an Egyptian royal building as weary Judean families watch
Jeremiah 43

Jeremiah 43: leaders force the remnant into Egypt, where buried stones signify Babylon's approaching rule.

Judean families offering incense at a plain household altar in Egypt while Jeremiah appeals and travelers turn away
Jeremiah 44

Jeremiah 44: Judeans in Egypt defend persistent idolatry despite Jeremiah's warning and Jerusalem's example.

Jeremiah reassuring a weary Baruch beside rolled blank scrolls as storm clouds pass over Jerusalem
Jeremiah 45

Jeremiah 45: weary Baruch is told not to seek greatness and is promised his life amid national upheaval.

Abandoned shields and an overturned chariot beside the Euphrates as soldiers retreat and a family watches dawn
Jeremiah 46

Jeremiah 46: Egypt's armies face defeat at Carchemish, while Jacob receives hope beyond necessary discipline.

Families climbing toward higher ground as a vast flood rushes down a valley toward Philistine coastal cities
Jeremiah 47

Jeremiah 47: judgment from the north rises like a flood against Gaza, Ashkelon, and the Philistine coast.

A Moabite woman pouring dark wine between vessels amid cracked jars, withered vineyards, and grieving families
Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48: Moab's pride and complacency are poured out like settled wine, followed by a promise of restoration.

Leaders from desert camps, mountain strongholds, and river cities watching one sweeping storm bend their standards
Jeremiah 49

Jeremiah 49: six nations face judgment that humbles ambition, wisdom, fortresses, and power, with glimpses of restoration.

Israelite and Judean families walking toward sunlit Zion as Babylon's massive gate cracks and empties behind them
Jeremiah 50

Jeremiah 50: Babylon falls while Israel and Judah return together toward Zion, covenant renewal, and forgiveness.

Seraiah releasing a tightly bound blank scroll and stone into the Euphrates as travelers leave Babylon
Jeremiah 51

Jeremiah 51: Babylon will sink for its violence as the exiles flee and Seraiah casts a scroll into the Euphrates.

A dignified exile procession leaving burning Jerusalem as elderly Jehoiachin emerges from a prison doorway into light
Jeremiah 52

Jeremiah 52: Jerusalem falls and its people are exiled, but Jehoiachin's later release offers a final note of hope.

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