How to Read the Prophets: JeremiahT. & T. Clark, 1892 |
Common terms and phrases
Ahikam Anathoth anger Baruch Behold bring called carried away captive cause Chaldeans CHAPTER concerning covenant daughters declared deliver desolate destroy divine dwell earth Ebed-melech Edom Egypt Ephraim evil famine fathers forsaken gates Gedaliah Gemariah God's gods Hanameel Hananiah hand hear heard hearken heart heaven Hebrew hope House of Israel idolatry inhabitants of Jerusalem iniquity Isaiah Ishmael Jehoahaz Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Jehovah Jeremiah Jeremiah the prophet Jerusalem Jews Johanan Josiah judgment Kareah king of Babylon king of Judah lamentation land of Egypt Lord hath Lord of Hosts Mizpah Moab Name nations Nebuchadrezzar Nethaniah North obeyed Pashur priest princes prophecies punish reign repent saith the Lord say unto sent servants Shaphan Shepherds spake speak spiritual spoken sword Temple thine things thou hast thou shalt throne towns true unto Jeremiah unto thee voice weeping words worship Zedekiah Zion
Popular passages
Page 140 - And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Page 14 - Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Page 41 - I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : 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.
Page 108 - And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Page 140 - ... in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness ; the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride...
Page 117 - I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life : and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword ; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Page 96 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 40 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 30 - O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not : fear ye not me ? saith the Lord : will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it ; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 50 - Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates ; thus saith the LORD : Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day...