Jeremiah • Chapter 3 (25 verses)
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Lift up thine eyes unto the high... Mentions: Josiah , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zion , Jerusalem .
Old Testament • 52 Chapters
Jeremiah (Old Testament, 52 chapters). Key figures: Hilkiah , Benjamin , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ). Key places: Anathoth , Jerusalem , Egypt , Baal , Kittim , Kedar . Opens with: "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :..."
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
Jeremiah • Chapter 38 (28 verses)
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchijah , heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by... Mentions: Shephatiah , Malchijah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 32 (44 verses)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. For then the king of Babylon 's army besieged Jerusalem : and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the kin... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Judah , Shallum , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Anathoth , Egypt , Baal .
Jeremiah • Chapter 33 (26 verses)
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Benjamin , David , Abram/Abraham , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 30 (24 verses)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel , saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah , saith ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Judah , David , Zion .
Jeremiah • Chapter 36 (32 verses)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel , and against Judah , and against al... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah, Jacob/Israel , Elishama , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Jeremiah • Chapter 37 (21 verses)
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim , whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah . But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prop... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Josiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah , Zephaniah , Babylon , Egypt , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 34 (22 verses)
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem , and against all the cities thereof, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Isr... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Lachish , Azekah , Egypt .
Jeremiah • Chapter 31 (40 verses)
At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel , and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel , when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ephraim , Judah , Samaria , Zion , Ramah 1 , Egypt .
Jeremiah • Chapter 35 (19 verses)
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , saying, Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I too... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Hanan , Shallum , Babylon , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 43 (13 verses)
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words, Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Johanan , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Babylon , Tahpanhes .
Jeremiah • Chapter 39 (18 verses)
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem , and they besieged it. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah , in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. And all th... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .
Branch, sprout, shoot (Messianic Title)
Vegetative shoot, branch; technical Messianic title in the prophets for the Davidic heir: 'The Branch of the LORD' (Isaiah 4:2, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15, Zechariah 3:8, 6:12).
Derivation: From צָמַח (H6779) to sprout, spring up.
Jeremiah • Chapter 13 (27 verses)
Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Euphrates , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 23 (40 verses)
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon yo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Judah , Baal , Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Sodom .
Jeremiah • Chapter 40 (16 verses)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah , when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah , which were carried away captive unto Babylon . And... Mentions: Judah , Ishmael , Johanan , Jonathan , Seraiah , Ramah 1 , Jerusalem , Babylon , Mizpah 3 , Moab .
Interactive 3D Glazed Brick Relief • Daniel 4:30 & Daniel 7:4
Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 .
vengeance, divine retribution
Retribution, divine vindication of covenant people against unrepentant oppressors (Jeremiah 51:11, Ezekiel 25:14).
Derivation: From נָקָם (H5359).
Jeremiah • Chapter 41 (18 verses)
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama , of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah . Then arose Ishm... Mentions: Ishmael , Elishama , Asa , Jacob/Israel , Ammonites , Mizpah 3, Babylon , Shechem , Shiloh , Samaria .
redemption, right of redemption, kinship
Right of repurchase, price of liberation, redemption of family ancestral inheritance (Leviticus 25, Ruth 4:6, Jeremiah 32:7).
Derivation: From גָּאַל (H1350).
badness, wickedness, sorrow
Badness, wickedness of heart, sorrow of countenance; describes fallen corrupt imagination of human heart (Jeremiah 4:4).
Derivation: From רָעַע (H7489).
Interactive Book Map • Jeremiah
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Jeremiah .
cup, goblet (Cup of Wrath / Salvation)
Cup, goblet; powerful prophetic symbol of divine retribution ('cup of the wine of wrath', Jeremiah 25:15) and grateful celebration ('cup of salvation', Psalm 116:13).
Derivation: From an unused root meaning to hold.
Jeremiah Chapter 1, Verse 4
Scripture passage in Jeremiah 1:4
Interactive 3D Archaeological Tell • Joshua 10:31 & 2 Kings 18:14
3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).
Jeremiah • Chapter 47 (7 verses)
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and the... Mentions: Gaza , Tyre , Caphtor , Ashkelon .
Jeremiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah , and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem , out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the... Mentions: Judah , Dan , Jerusalem , Zion , Gilead .
