Summary - Jeremiah cries out to God. He's in mourning over the people's blatant sin.
Favorite Verse - " Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?" Jeremiah 12:1
Summary - God is telling the people what they are being given of Him.
Favorite Verse - "That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD." Jeremiah 11:5
Prayer - My Jesus...my Savior...Lord, there is
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Summary - Jeremiah preaches to the Israelites about the cammandments of God.
Favorite Verse - "They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good." Jeremiah 10:5
Summary - The people lament over deaths from the war.
Favorite Verse - "But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD." Jeremiah 9:24
Summary - The people are discussing death and those who have dies before them, and jeremiah is comforting them. They then start talkig about backsliding, where Jeremiah rebukes them.
Favorite Verse - "Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return."
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Summary - Jeremiah prepares the Israelites before entering the gates of Judah before the ar.
Favorite Verse - "But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you." Jeremiah 7:23
Summary - Jeremiah tells the people of Jerusalem to flee and prepare for war. He assure them that if they continue to serve God, He will be on their side and allow them to win.
Favorite Verse - "Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the
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Summary - Jeremiah tells the people to search for righteous and truthful people, even in the streets.
Favorite Verse - "Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their
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Summary - Jeremiah preaches to the people about the riches they will have when they return to the Lord. Or...IF they return to the Lord!
Favorite Verse - "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" Jeremiah 4:14