Lamentations 4
Waking Up with Nothing 1 Oh, oh, oh . . . How gold is treated like dirt, the finest gold thrown out with the garbage, Priceless jewels scattered all over,…
Lamentations 5
Give Us a Fresh Start 1-22 “Remember,God, all we’ve been through. Study our plight, the black mark we’ve made in history. Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our…
Jeremiah 1
Demolish, and Then Start Over 1-4 The Message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah of the family of priests who lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin.God’s Message began to…
Jeremiah 2
Israel Was God’s Holy Choice 1-3 God’s Message came to me. It went like this: “Get out in the streets and call to Jerusalem, ‘God’s Message! I remember your youthful…
Jeremiah 3
Your Sex-and-Religion Obsessions 1 God’s Message came to me as follows: “If a man’s wife walks out on him And marries another man, can he take her back as if…
Jeremiah 4
1-2 “If you want to come back, O Israel, you must really come back to me. You must get rid of your stinking sin paraphernalia and not wander away from…
Jeremiah 5
Sins Are Piled Sky-High 1-2 “Patrol Jerusalem’s streets. Look around. Take note. Search the market squares. See if you can find one man, one woman, A single soul who does…
Jeremiah 6
A City Full of Lies 1-5 “Run for your lives, children of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem, and now! Give a blast on the ram’s horn in Blastville. Send up…
Jeremiah 7
The Nation That Wouldn’t Obey God 1-2 The Message fromGodto Jeremiah: “Stand in the gate ofGod’s Temple and preach this Message. 2-3 “Say, ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who…
Jeremiah 8
1-2 “And when the time comes”—God’s Decree!—“I’ll see to it that they dig up the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the princes and priests and prophets,…