Jeremiah 1 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Jeremiah 2

¹Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVMoreover the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came to me, saying^H559^(H8800),

² “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

KJVGo^H1980^(H8800) and cry^H7121^(H8804) in the ears^H241 of Jerusalem^H3389, saying^H559^(H8800), Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068; I remember^H2142^(H8804) thee, the kindness^H2617 of thy youth^H5271, the love^H160 of thine espousals^H3623, when thou wentest^H3212^(H8800) after^H310 me in the wilderness^H4057, in a land^H776 that was not sown^H2232^(H8803).

³ Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

KJVIsrael^H3478 was holiness^H6944 unto the LORD^H3068, and the firstfruits^H7225 of his increase^H8393: all that devour^H398^(H8802) him shall offend^H816^(H8799); evil^H7451 shall come^H935^(H8799) upon them, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

⁴ Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) ye the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068, O house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290, and all the families^H4940 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478:

⁵ Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, What iniquity^H5766 have your fathers^H1 found^H4672^(H8804) in me, that they are gone far^H7368^(H8804) from me, and have walked^H3212^(H8799) after^H310 vanity^H1892, and are become vain^H1891^(H8799)?

⁶ They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’

KJVNeither said^H559^(H8804) they, Where is the LORD^H3068 that brought us up^H5927^(H8688) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, that led^H3212^(H8688) us through the wilderness^H4057, through a land^H776 of deserts^H6160 and of pits^H7745, through a land^H776 of drought^H6723, and of the shadow of death^H6757, through a land^H776 that no man^H376 passed through^H5674^(H8804), and where no man^H120 dwelt^H3427^(H8804)?

⁷ I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

KJVAnd I brought^H935^(H8686) you into a plentiful^H3759 country^H776, to eat^H398^(H8800) the fruit^H6529 thereof and the goodness^H2898 thereof; but when ye entered^H935^(H8799), ye defiled^H2930^(H8762) my land^H776, and made^H7760^(H8804) mine heritage^H5159 an abomination^H8441.

⁸ The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

KJVThe priests^H3548 said^H559^(H8804) not, Where is the LORD^H3068? and they that handle^H8610^(H8802) the law^H8451 knew^H3045^(H8804) me not: the pastors^H7462^(H8802) also transgressed^H6586^(H8804) against me, and the prophets^H5030 prophesied^H5012^(H8738) by Baal^H1168, and walked^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 things that do not profit^H3276^(H8686).

⁹ “Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

KJVWherefore I will yet plead^H7378^(H8799) with you, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, and with your children's^H1121 children^H1121 will I plead^H7378^(H8799).

¹⁰ For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.

KJVFor pass over^H5674^(H8798) the isles^H339 of Chittim^H3794, and see^H7200^(H8798); and send^H7971^(H8798) unto Kedar^H6938, and consider^H995^(H8708) diligently^H3966, and see^H7200^(H8798) if there be such a thing.

¹¹ Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.

KJVHath a nation^H1471 changed^H3235^(H8689) their gods^H430, which are yet no gods^H430? but my people^H5971 have changed^H4171^(H8689) their glory^H3519 for that which doth not profit^H3276^(H8686).

¹² “Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

KJVBe astonished^H8074^(H8798), O ye heavens^H8064, at this, and be horribly afraid^H8175^(H8798), be ye very^H3966 desolate^H2717^(H8798), saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

¹³ “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

KJVFor my people^H5971 have committed^H6213^(H8804) two^H8147 evils^H7451; they have forsaken^H5800^(H8804) me the fountain^H4726 of living^H2416 waters^H4325, and hewed them out^H2672^(H8800) cisterns^H877, broken^H7665^(H8737) cisterns^H877, that can hold^H3557^(H8686) no water^H4325.

¹⁴ Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?

KJVIs Israel^H3478 a servant^H5650? is he a homeborn^H1004^H3211 slave? why^H4069 is he spoiled^H957?

¹⁵ The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

KJVThe young lions^H3715 roared^H7580^(H8799) upon him, and yelled^H5414^(H8804)^H6963, and they made^H7896^(H8799) his land^H776 waste^H8047: his cities^H5892 are burned^H3341^(H8738) without inhabitant^H3427^(H8802).

¹⁶ The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

KJVAlso the children^H1121 of Noph^H5297 and Tahapanes^H8471 have broken^H7462^(H8799) the crown of thy head^H6936.

¹⁷ “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

KJVHast thou not procured^H6213^(H8799) this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken^H5800^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, when^H6256 he led^H3212^(H8688) thee by the way^H1870?

¹⁸ Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

KJVAnd now what hast thou to do in the way^H1870 of Egypt^H4714, to drink^H8354^(H8800) the waters^H4325 of Sihor^H7883? or what hast thou to do in the way^H1870 of Assyria^H804, to drink^H8354^(H8800) the waters^H4325 of the river^H5104?

¹⁹ “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

KJVThine own wickedness^H7451 shall correct^H3256^(H8762) thee, and thy backslidings^H4878 shall reprove^H3198^(H8686) thee: know^H3045^(H8798) therefore and see^H7200^(H8798) that it is an evil^H7451 thing and bitter^H4751, that thou hast forsaken^H5800^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and that my fear^H6345 is not in thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635.

²⁰ “For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

KJVFor of old time^H5769 I have broken^H7665^(H8804) thy yoke^H5923, and burst^H5423^(H8765) thy bands^H4147; and thou saidst^H559^(H8799), I will not transgress^H5674^(H8799)^(H8675)^H5647^(H8799); when upon every high^H1364 hill^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree^H6086 thou wanderest^H6808^(H8802), playing the harlot^H2181^(H8802).

²¹ Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

KJVYet I had planted^H5193^(H8804) thee a noble vine^H8321, wholly a right^H571 seed^H2233: how then art thou turned^H2015^(H8738) into the degenerate plant^H5494 of a strange^H5237 vine^H1612 unto me?

²² For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

KJVFor though thou wash^H3526^(H8762) thee with nitre^H5427, and take thee much^H7235^(H8686) soap^H1287, yet thine iniquity^H5771 is marked^H3799^(H8737) before^H6440 me, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

²³ “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

KJVHow canst thou say^H559^(H8799), I am not polluted^H2930^(H8738), I have not gone^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 Baalim^H1168? see^H7200^(H8798) thy way^H1870 in the valley^H1516, know^H3045^(H8798) what thou hast done^H6213^(H8804): thou art a swift^H7031 dromedary^H1072 traversing^H8308^(H8764) her ways^H1870;

²⁴ a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

KJVA wild ass^H6501 used^H3928 to the wilderness^H4057, that snuffeth up^H7602^(H8804) the wind^H7307 at her pleasure^H185^H5315; in her occasion^H8385 who can turn her away^H7725^(H8686)? all they that seek^H1245^(H8764) her will not weary^H3286^(H8799) themselves; in her month^H2320 they shall find^H4672^(H8799) her.

²⁵ “Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

KJVWithhold^H4513^(H8798) thy foot^H7272 from being unshod^H3182, and thy throat^H1627 from thirst^H6773: but thou saidst^H559^(H8799), There is no hope^H2976^(H8737): no; for I have loved^H157^(H8804) strangers^H2114^(H8801), and after^H310 them will I go^H3212^(H8799).

²⁶ As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,

KJVAs the thief^H1590 is ashamed^H1322 when he is found^H4672^(H8735), so is the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 ashamed^H3001^(H8689); they, their kings^H4428, their princes^H8269, and their priests^H3548, and their prophets^H5030,

²⁷ who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’

KJVSaying^H559^(H8802) to a stock^H6086, Thou art my father^H1; and to a stone^H68, Thou hast brought me forth^H3205^(H8804): for they have turned^H6437^(H8804) their back^H6203 unto me, and not their face^H6440: but in the time^H6256 of their trouble^H7451 they will say^H559^(H8799), Arise^H6965^(H8798), and save^H3467^(H8685) us.

²⁸ “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.

KJVBut where are thy gods^H430 that thou hast made^H6213^(H8804) thee? let them arise^H6965^(H8799), if they can save^H3467^(H8686) thee in the time^H6256 of thy trouble^H7451: for according to the number^H4557 of thy cities^H5892 are thy gods^H430, O Judah^H3063.

²⁹ “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

KJVWherefore will ye plead^H7378^(H8799) with me? ye all have transgressed^H6586^(H8804) against me, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

³⁰ “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

KJVIn vain^H7723 have I smitten^H5221^(H8689) your children^H1121; they received^H3947^(H8804) no correction^H4148: your own sword^H2719 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) your prophets^H5030, like a destroying^H7843^(H8688) lion^H738.

³¹ Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?

KJVO generation^H1755, see^H7200^(H8798) ye the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068. Have I been a wilderness^H4057 unto Israel^H3478? a land^H776 of darkness^H3991? wherefore say^H559^(H8804) my people^H5971, We are lords^H7300^(H8804); we will come^H935^(H8799) no more unto thee?

³² “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

KJVCan a maid^H1330 forget^H7911^(H8799) her ornaments^H5716, or a bride^H3618 her attire^H7196? yet my people^H5971 have forgotten^H7911^(H8804) me days^H3117 without number^H4557.

³³ How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.

KJVWhy trimmest^H3190^(H8686) thou thy way^H1870 to seek^H1245^(H8763) love^H160? therefore hast thou also taught^H3925^(H8765) the wicked ones^H7451 thy ways^H1870.

³⁴ Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.

KJVAlso in thy skirts^H3671 is found^H4672^(H8738) the blood^H1818 of the souls^H5315 of the poor^H34 innocents^H5355: I have not found^H4672^(H8804) it by secret search^H4290, but upon all these.

³⁵ “Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

KJVYet thou sayest^H559^(H8799), Because I am innocent^H5352^(H8738), surely his anger^H639 shall turn^H7725^(H8804) from me. Behold, I will plead^H8199^(H8737) with thee, because thou sayest^H559^(H8800), I have not sinned^H2398^(H8804).

³⁶ Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

KJVWhy gaddest thou about^H235^(H8799) so much^H3966 to change^H8138^(H8763) thy way^H1870? thou also shalt be ashamed^H954^(H8799) of Egypt^H4714, as thou wast ashamed^H954^(H8804) of Assyria^H804.

³⁷ You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.

KJVYea, thou shalt go forth^H3318^(H8799) from him, and thine hands^H3027 upon thine head^H7218: for the LORD^H3068 hath rejected^H3988^(H8804) thy confidences^H4009, and thou shalt not prosper^H6743^(H8686) in them.

WEB·Jeremiah 1

¹The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.

KJVThe words^H1697 of Jeremiah^H3414 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah^H2518, of the priests^H3548 that were in Anathoth^H6068 in the land^H776 of Benjamin^H1144:

² Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

KJVTo whom the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came in the days^H3117 of Josiah^H2977 the son^H1121 of Amon^H526 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, in the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 year^H8141 of his reign^H4427^(H8800).

³ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

KJVIt came also in the days^H3117 of Jehoiakim^H3079 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, unto the end^H8552^(H8800) of the eleventh^H6249^H6240 year^H8141 of Zedekiah^H6667 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, unto the carrying away^H1540 of Jerusalem^H3389 captive^H1540^(H8800) in the fifth^H2549 month^H2320.

⁴ Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVThen the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

KJVBefore^H2962 I formed^H3335^(H8799) thee in the belly^H990 I knew^H3045^(H8804) thee; and before thou camest forth^H3318^(H8799) out of the womb^H7358 I sanctified^H6942^(H8689) thee, and I ordained^H5414^(H8804) thee a prophet^H5030 unto the nations^H1471.

⁶ Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) I, Ah^H162, Lord^H136 GOD^H3069! behold, I cannot^H3045^(H8804) speak^H1696^(H8763): for I am a child^H5288.

⁷ But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Say^H559^(H8799) not, I am a child^H5288: for thou shalt go^H3212^(H8799) to all that I shall send^H7971^(H8799) thee, and whatsoever I command^H6680^(H8762) thee thou shalt speak^H1696^(H8762).

⁸ Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

KJVBe not afraid^H3372^(H8799) of their faces^H6440: for I am with thee to deliver^H5337^(H8687) thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

⁹ Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

KJVThen the LORD^H3068 put forth^H7971^(H8799) his hand^H3027, and touched^H5060^(H8686) my mouth^H6310. And the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Behold, I have put^H5414^(H8804) my words^H1697 in thy mouth^H6310.

¹⁰ Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

KJVSee^H7200^(H8798), I have this day^H3117 set^H6485^(H8689) thee over the nations^H1471 and over the kingdoms^H4467, to root out^H5428^(H8800), and to pull down^H5422^(H8800), and to destroy^H6^(H8687), and to throw down^H2040^(H8800), to build^H1129^(H8800), and to plant^H5193^(H8800).

¹¹ Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

KJVMoreover the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800), Jeremiah^H3414, what seest^H7200^(H8802) thou? And I said^H559^(H8799), I see^H7200^(H8802) a rod^H4731 of an almond tree^H8247.

¹² Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 unto me, Thou hast well^H3190^(H8689) seen^H7200^(H8800): for I will hasten^H8245^(H8802) my word^H1697 to perform^H6213^(H8800) it.

¹³ Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”

KJVAnd the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me the second time^H8145, saying^H559^(H8800), What seest^H7200^(H8802) thou? And I said^H559^(H8799), I see^H7200^(H8802) a seething^H5301^(H8803) pot^H5518; and the face^H6440 thereof is toward^H6440 the north^H6828.

¹⁴ Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.

KJVThen the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Out of the north^H6828 an evil^H7451 shall break forth^H6605^(H8735) upon all the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776.

¹⁵ For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.

KJVFor, lo, I will call^H7121^(H8802) all the families^H4940 of the kingdoms^H4467 of the north^H6828, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068; and they shall come^H935^(H8804), and they shall set^H5414^(H8804) every one^H376 his throne^H3678 at the entering^H6607 of the gates^H8179 of Jerusalem^H3389, and against all the walls^H2346 thereof round about^H5439, and against all the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063.

¹⁶ I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

KJVAnd I will utter^H1696^(H8765) my judgments^H4941 against them touching^H5921 all their wickedness^H7451, who have forsaken^H5800^(H8804) me, and have burned incense^H6999^(H8762) unto other^H312 gods^H430, and worshipped^H7812^(H8691) the works^H4639 of their own hands^H3027.

¹⁷ “You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

KJVThou therefore gird up^H247^(H8799) thy loins^H4975, and arise^H6965^(H8804), and speak^H1696^(H8765) unto them all that I command^H6680^(H8762) thee: be not dismayed^H2865^(H8735) at their faces^H6440, lest I confound^H2865^(H8686) thee before^H6440 them.

¹⁸ For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

KJVFor, behold, I^H589 have made^H5414^(H8804) thee this day^H3117 a defenced^H4013 city^H5892, and an iron^H1270 pillar^H5982, and brasen^H5178 walls^H2346 against the whole land^H776, against the kings^H4428 of Judah^H3063, against the princes^H8269 thereof, against the priests^H3548 thereof, and against the people^H5971 of the land^H776.

¹⁹ They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”

KJVAnd they shall fight^H3898^(H8738) against thee; but they shall not prevail^H3201^(H8799) against thee; for I am with thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, to deliver^H5337^(H8687) thee.

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