Jeremiah 2:8   (Read all of Jeremiah 2)

The priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord?' Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.

Jeremiah 2:20   (Read all of Jeremiah 2)

"Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, 'I will not serve you!' Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:26   (Read all of Jeremiah 2)

"As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced- they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.

Jeremiah 2:30   (Read all of Jeremiah 2)

"In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

Jeremiah 3:1   (Read all of Jeremiah 3)

"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers- would you now return to me?" declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:2   (Read all of Jeremiah 3)

"Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Jeremiah 3:3   (Read all of Jeremiah 3)

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.

Jeremiah 3:12   (Read all of Jeremiah 3)

Go, proclaim this message toward the north: " 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the Lord, 'I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,' declares the Lord, 'I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 4:5   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

"Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say: 'Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!'

Jeremiah 4:9   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

"In that day," declares the Lord, "the king and the officials will lose heart, the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled."

Jeremiah 4:12   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them."

Jeremiah 4:15   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 4:16   (Read all of Jeremiah 4)

"Tell this to the nations, proclaim concerning Jerusalem: 'A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 5:7   (Read all of Jeremiah 5)

"Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.

Jeremiah 5:13   (Read all of Jeremiah 5)

The prophets are but wind and the word is not in them; so let what they say be done to them."

Jeremiah 5:20   (Read all of Jeremiah 5)

"Announce this to the descendants of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

Jeremiah 5:28   (Read all of Jeremiah 5)

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Jeremiah 5:31   (Read all of Jeremiah 5)

The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 6:13   (Read all of Jeremiah 6)

"From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

Jeremiah 7:2   (Read all of Jeremiah 7)

"Stand at the gate of the Lord's house and there proclaim this message: " 'Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:19   (Read all of Jeremiah 7)

But am I the one they are provoking? declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?

Jeremiah 7:25   (Read all of Jeremiah 7)

From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 8:1   (Read all of Jeremiah 8)

" 'At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

Jeremiah 8:10   (Read all of Jeremiah 8)

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.