God Speaks 1 On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity. 3 (The Lord gave this… Read moreEzekiel 1-4

God Speaks 3 I am the one who has seen the afflictions    that come from the rod of the Lord’s anger.2 He has led me into darkness,    shutting out all light.3 He has turned his hand against me    again and again, all day long. 4 He has made… Read moreLamentations 3-5

God Speaks 1 Jerusalem, once so full of people,    is now deserted.She who was once great among the nations    now sits alone like a widow.Once the queen of all the earth,    she is now a slave. 2 She sobs through the night;    tears stream down her… Read moreLamentations 1-2

God Speaks 51 This is what the Lord says:“I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon    and the people of Babylonia.2 Foreigners will come and winnow her,    blowing her away as chaff.They will come from every side    to rise against her in her day of trouble.3 Don’t let… Read moreJeremiah 51-52

God Speaks 49 This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the Lord says: “Are there no descendants of Israel    to inherit the land of Gad?Why are you, who worship Molech,    living in its towns?2 In the days to come,” says the Lord,    “I will sound… Read moreJeremiah 49-50

God Speaks 46 The following messages were given to Jeremiah the prophet from the Lord concerning foreign nations. 2 This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion… Read moreJeremiah 46-48

God Speaks 41 But in midautumn of that year, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king’s high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet… Read moreJeremiah 41-45

God Speaks 1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received. 2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,    but you do not listen?Or cry out to you, “Violence!”    but you do not save?3 Why do you make me look at injustice?    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are… Read moreHabakkuk 1-3 

God Speaks 24 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed… Read moreII Kings 24-25 and II Chronicles 36

God Speaks 38 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, 2 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by… Read moreJeremiah 38-40