Jeremiah 34:8   (Read all of Jeremiah 34)

The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves.

Jeremiah 34:15   (Read all of Jeremiah 34)

Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.

Jeremiah 34:16   (Read all of Jeremiah 34)

But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again.

Jeremiah 34:17   (Read all of Jeremiah 34)

"Therefore this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your own people. So I now proclaim 'freedom' for you, declares the Lord-'freedom' to fall by the sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 35:15   (Read all of Jeremiah 35)

Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me.

Jeremiah 35:17   (Read all of Jeremiah 35)

"Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.' "

Jeremiah 36:7   (Read all of Jeremiah 36)

Perhaps they will bring their petition before the Lord and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great."

Jeremiah 36:8   (Read all of Jeremiah 36)

Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord's temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll.

Jeremiah 36:9   (Read all of Jeremiah 36)

In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.

Jeremiah 36:26   (Read all of Jeremiah 36)

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them.

Jeremiah 36:31   (Read all of Jeremiah 36)

I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.' "

Jeremiah 37:2   (Read all of Jeremiah 37)

Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 37:3   (Read all of Jeremiah 37)

King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: "Please pray to the Lord our God for us."

Jeremiah 37:6   (Read all of Jeremiah 37)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:

Jeremiah 37:12   (Read all of Jeremiah 37)

Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there.

Jeremiah 37:19   (Read all of Jeremiah 37)

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, 'The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land'?

Jeremiah 38:9   (Read all of Jeremiah 38)

"My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city."

Jeremiah 38:10   (Read all of Jeremiah 38)

Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."

Jeremiah 38:14   (Read all of Jeremiah 38)

Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the Lord. "I am going to ask you something," the king said to Jeremiah. "Do not hide anything from me."

Jeremiah 39:5   (Read all of Jeremiah 39)

But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.

Jeremiah 39:16   (Read all of Jeremiah 39)

"Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city-words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

Jeremiah 40:5   (Read all of Jeremiah 40)

However, before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, "Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the towns of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you please." Then the commander gave him provisions and a present and let him go.

Jeremiah 42:2   (Read all of Jeremiah 42)

Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.

Jeremiah 42:4   (Read all of Jeremiah 42)

"I have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you."