Reading God’s Message 1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah received this Message fromGod: 2 “Get a scroll and write down everything I’ve…

In an Underground Dungeon 1-2 King Zedekiah son of Josiah, a puppet king set on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the land of Judah, was now king…

From the Dungeon to the Palace 1 Shaphatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling the…

Bad News, Not Good News 1-2 In the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his entire army and laid siege…

Go and Live Wherever You Wish 1 God’s Message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard set him free at Ramah. When Nebuzaradan came upon him, he was in…

Murder 1-3 But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, came. He had royal blood in his veins and had been one of the king’s high-ranking…

What You Fear Will Catch Up with You 1-3 All the army officers, led by Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, accompanied by all the people, small…

Death! Exile! Slaughter! 1-3 When Jeremiah finished telling all the people the whole Message that theirGodhad sent him to give them—all these words—Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of…

The Same Fate Will Fall upon All 1-6 The Message that Jeremiah received for all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, who had their homes in Migdol,…

God’s Piling On the Pain 1 This is what Jeremiah told Baruch one day in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign as he was taking dictation from the prophet: 2-3…