Change the Way You’re Living 1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this Message came fromGodto Jeremiah: 2-3 “God’s Message: Stand in…

Harness Yourselves Up to the Yoke 1-4 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah received this Message fromGod: “Make a harness and a yoke…

From a Wooden to an Iron Yoke 1-2 Later that same year (it was in the fifth month of King Zedekiah’s fourth year) Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from…

Plans to Give You the Future You Hope For 1-2 This is the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to what was left of the elders among the…

Don’t Despair, Israel 1-2 This is the Message Jeremiah received fromGod: “God’s Message, the God of Israel: ‘Write everything I tell you in a book. 3 “‘Look. The time is…

1 “And when that happens”—God’s Decree— “it will be plain as the sun at high noon: I’ll be the God of every man, woman, and child in Israel and they…

Killing and Disease Are on Our Doorstep 1-5 The Message Jeremiah received fromGodin the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah. It was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. At that…

Things You Could Never Figure Out on Your Own 1 While Jeremiah was still locked up in jail, a second Message fromGodwas given to him: 2-3 “This isGod’s Message, the…

Freedom to the Slaves 1 God’s Message to Jeremiah at the time King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon mounted an all-out attack on Jerusalem and all the towns around it with his…

Meeting in God’s Temple 1 The Message that Jeremiah received fromGodten years earlier, during the time of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Israel: 2 “Go visit the Recabite community….