Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment

Jeremiah 8:4-9:26

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
4 Say to them: Thus says the LORD, ‘They shall fall and not rise; if they turn back, they shall not be restored.’

Jer.8.4 - Details

Original Text

ואמרת אליהם כה אמר יהוה היפלו ולא יקומו אם־ ישוב ולא ישוב׃

Morphology

  • ואמרת: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אליהם: PREP,3,m,pl
  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • היפלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יקומו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אם: CONJ
  • ישוב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • ישוב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Isaiah 8:15 (verbal): Uses similar language of stumbling and falling as divine judgment—people ‘shall stumble’/‘shall fall’ when they reject God, echoing Jeremiah’s ‘they shall fall and not rise.’
  • Isaiah 3:8 (verbal): Announces the fall of Jerusalem/Judah with the same fallen‑state imagery (’Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen’), paralleling Jeremiah’s proclamation of irreversible collapse.
  • Hosea 4:6 (thematic): Links the theme of judgment to the people’s failure to heed instruction (‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge’), explaining why those warned ‘fall and do not rise.’
  • Proverbs 1:24–26 (thematic): God’s warning rejected brings sudden calamity—when the call is refused, calamity comes—parallel to Jeremiah’s formula that those who ignore the word will ‘fall and not rise.’
  • Matthew 7:26–27 (thematic): Jesus’ image of the foolish builder whose house falls and cannot be recovered echoes the motif of irreversible ruin when God’s word is disregarded (falling with no rising).

Alternative generated candidates

  • And say to them, Thus says the LORD: They shall fall and not rise; if they turn back, I will not restore them.
  • And you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: They shall fall and not rise; if one turns back, he shall not return.
5 Why has this people turned away? Jerusalem, they have turned back; they cling to deceit and refuse to return.

Jer.8.5 - Details

Original Text

מדוע שובבה העם הזה ירושלם משבה נצחת החזיקו בתרמית מאנו לשוב׃

Morphology

  • מדוע: ADV
  • שובבה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • העם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • משבה: NOUN,f,sg,const
  • נצחת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • החזיקו: VERB,hifil,perf,3,m,pl
  • בתרמית: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מאנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • לשוב: INF,qal

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 7:24 (verbal): Both passages charge the people with refusing to obey/return to Yahweh (Jer. 8:5 'they refused to return' echoes Jer. 7:24's depiction of disobedience and refusal to heed).
  • Jeremiah 3:12-14 (verbal): Jeremiah elsewhere issues a call to 'return' to the LORD and depicts Israel as faithless/backsliding; contrasts the prophet's summons with the people's refusal in 8:5.
  • Hosea 11:7 (thematic): Hosea depicts Israel as bent on backsliding and unwilling to acknowledge God—paralleling Jeremiah's charge that the people refuse to return.
  • Ezekiel 33:11 (thematic): Ezekiel emphasizes God's desire that the wicked turn and live; Jeremiah 8:5 highlights the opposite reality—people refusing to turn back to God.
  • Psalm 78:34-37 (structural): The psalm recounts repeated divine instruction and the people's persistent sin and refusal to return—mirror to Jeremiah's observation of a people who 'refuse to return.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • Why has this people turned away—Jerusalem, they have returned forever—they hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Why has this people become stubborn? Jerusalem—perpetual stubbornness; they cling to deception and refuse to return.
6 I listened and heard—no! Their words are not so; no one repents of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Each presses on in his course like a warhorse charging into battle.

Jer.8.6 - Details

Original Text

הקשבתי ואשמע לוא־ כן ידברו אין איש נחם על־ רעתו לאמר מה עשיתי כלה שב במרוצתם כסוס שוטף במלחמה׃

Morphology

  • הקשבתי: VERB,hiph,perf,1,x,sg
  • ואשמע: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • לוא: NEG
  • כן: ADV
  • ידברו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אין: PART,neg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נחם: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • רעתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+prs3ms
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • מה: PRON,int
  • עשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • כלה: ADV
  • שב: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • במרוצתם: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+suff3mpl
  • כסוס: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שוטף: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg
  • במלחמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 53:6 (verbal): Shares the language and idea of people turning each to his own way—Jer.8:6’s image of individuals pursuing their own course echoes Isaiah’s 'we all... have turned every one to his own way.'
  • Ezekiel 33:11 (thematic): Contrasts God’s desire for repentance with Jer.8:6’s observation that 'no one repents'; both address the issue of turning from evil and the call to life through repentance.
  • Jeremiah 7:24 (structural): Same prophetic context and theme: Jeremiah accuses the people of refusing to listen and of returning to evil, reinforcing the book‑wide charge of stubbornness found in 8:6.
  • Ezekiel 3:7 (thematic): Speaks of the people’s unwillingness to listen to the prophet—paralleling Jer.8:6’s depiction of a populace that does not acknowledge or repent of its wrongdoing.
  • Job 39:20–21 (verbal): Uses similar imagery of a horse rushing into battle to depict reckless, headlong action, paralleling Jer.8:6’s simile of people running 'like horses rushing into battle.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • I listened and heard; behold, they do not speak rightly. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone rushes on in his course, like a horse charging into battle.
  • I listened and I heard—no, they do not speak rightly; no one repents of his evil, saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone rushes on like a war-horse panting for battle.
7 Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the season of their coming, but my people do not know the law of the LORD.

Jer.8.7 - Details

Original Text

גם־ חסידה בשמים ידעה מועדיה ותר וסיס ועגור שמרו את־ עת באנה ועמי לא ידעו את משפט יהוה׃

Morphology

  • גם: ADV
  • חסידה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בשמים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ידעה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • מועדיה: NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:3,f
  • ותר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וסיס: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועגור: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שמרו: VERB,qal,imper,2,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • באנה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ועמי: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss1s
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • משפט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 1:3 (verbal): Contrasts animal instinct with Israel’s ignorance: 'The ox knows its owner... but my people do not know'—a close verbal/thematic parallel to Jeremiah’s complaint that birds know their times but the people do not know the LORD’s law.
  • Job 12:7-10 (thematic): Job urges asking the beasts and birds, which 'will teach you'—echoing the motif that creation knows what humans fail to perceive (knowledge available in animals/birds versus human ignorance).
  • Luke 12:54-56 (allusion): Jesus reproves the crowds for reading weather signs but not the 'present time'—an explicit New Testament echo of Jeremiah’s rebuke that people discern natural seasons yet miss God’s appointed judgment/time.
  • Matthew 16:2-3 (allusion): Jesus criticizes the Pharisees and Sadducees for interpreting the sky but not 'this time'—a parallel rebuke to Jeremiah’s contrast between birds’ seasonal sense and Israel’s failure to recognize God’s signs.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1 (thematic): Affirms that there is 'a time for everything'—resonant thematically with Jeremiah’s reference to creatures observing their appointed seasons (moadim), underscoring the theological significance of discerning appointed times.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times; the turtledove, the swift, and the crane observe the season of their coming, but my people do not know the law of the LORD.
  • Even the stork in the heavens knows its appointed times; the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane keep the time of their coming—my people do not know the ordinance of the LORD.
8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us’? Behold, truly the pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood; the books are filled with lies.

Jer.8.8 - Details

Original Text

איכה תאמרו חכמים אנחנו ותורת יהוה אתנו אכן הנה לשקר עשה עט שקר ספרים׃

Morphology

  • איכה: INTJ
  • תאמרו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • חכמים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • אנחנו: PRON,1,pl
  • ותורת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אתנו: PRON,1,pl
  • אכן: ADV
  • הנה: PART
  • לשקר: VERB,qal,inf
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • עט: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • שקר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ספרים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 5:31 (thematic): Accuses prophets and priests of speaking falsehoods and leading the people astray—same theme of religious leaders corrupting divine instruction.
  • Jeremiah 23:30-32 (verbal): God condemns prophets who 'steal' or falsify his words; closely parallels the complaint that scribal work has made the Torah into a lie.
  • Ezekiel 13:6-9 (thematic): Denounces those who give false visions and lying divinations, warning that such deceit will be judged—parallel critique of misleading religious speech.
  • Deuteronomy 4:2 (thematic): Prohibits adding to or taking away from God's word; connects to Jeremiah's charge that scribal activity has corrupted the Torah.
  • Proverbs 30:6 (verbal): Warns against adding to God's words lest one be shown a liar—close verbal and theological resonance with the 'lying pen' image.

Alternative generated candidates

  • How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'?—behold, the pen of the scribe has made it false.
  • How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'?—behold, the pen of the scribe has made it a lie.
9 The wise are put to shame; they are dismayed and seized. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD—what wisdom have they?

Jer.8.9 - Details

Original Text

הבישו חכמים חתו וילכדו הנה בדבר־ יהוה מאסו וחכמת־ מה להם׃

Morphology

  • הבישו: VERB,hif,perf,3,m,pl
  • חכמים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • חתו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • וילכדו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • הנה: PART
  • בדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מאסו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • וחכמת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • מה: PRON,int
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Isaiah 29:14 (verbal): Uses similar language about God overthrowing human wisdom—'the wisdom of its wise men shall perish'—paralleling Jeremiah's charge that the wise are ashamed because they rejected the word of the LORD.
  • Hosea 4:6 (thematic): Declares that rejection of knowledge/ God's instruction brings ruin—'my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you'—echoing Jeremiah's link between rejecting the word and loss of wisdom.
  • Proverbs 26:12 (thematic): Critiques confidence in one's own wisdom—'a man who is wise in his own eyes has more hope of a fool than of him'—resonates with Jeremiah's rhetorical question about what wisdom remains after rejecting the LORD's word.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 (thematic): Describes the people mocking and rejecting God's messengers and word until judgment comes, mirroring Jeremiah's accusation that the people (and their leaders) have rejected the word of the LORD and are thereby shamed and captured.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The wise are put to shame; they are dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD—what wisdom is left to them?
  • The wise are put to shame; they are dismayed and taken—behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD. What wisdom have they?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who inherit them; for from the least to the greatest all are greedy— from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jer.8.10 - Details

Original Text

לכן אתן את־ נשיהם לאחרים שדותיהם ליורשים כי מקטן ועד־ גדול כלה בצע בצע מנביא ועד־ כהן כלה עשה שקר׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • אתן: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • נשיהם: NOUN,f,pl,abs,prsfx=3mp
  • לאחרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • שדותיהם: NOUN,m,pl,suff
  • ליורשים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • מקטן: PREP,ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • גדול: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • כלה: ADV
  • בצע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בצע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מנביא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • כהן: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • כלה: ADV
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • שקר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:30 (thematic): Deuteronomy's covenant curses include language of wives given to others and loss of land/offspring as punishment for disobedience—background to Jeremiah's announcement that wives and fields will be handed over.
  • Jeremiah 6:13 (verbal): Almost identical formulation: 'from the least to the greatest... from prophet to priest everyone deals falsely/ is greedy for gain'—an internal verbal parallel within Jeremiah.
  • Micah 3:11 (thematic): Micah condemns leaders, priests, and prophets who act for bribes and profit ('priests teach for a price, prophets divine for money'), echoing Jeremiah's charge that all—prophet to priest—deal falsely for gain.
  • Amos 8:4-6 (thematic): Amos denounces greed and exploitation—seeking dishonest gain, buying the poor for money—paralleling Jeremiah's indictment that everyone, least to greatest, is driven by avarice.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will inherit them; for from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain—prophet and priest alike practice deceit.
  • Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who inherit them; for from least to greatest all are greedy— from prophet to priest, everyone practices deceit.
11 They have mended the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

Jer.8.11 - Details

Original Text

וירפו את־ שבר בת־ עמי על־ נקלה לאמר שלום ׀ שלום ואין שלום׃

Morphology

  • וירפו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • שבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s
  • על: PREP
  • נקלה: VERB,niphal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • שלום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שלום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • שלום: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 6:14 (quotation): Near-verbatim parallel in the same book condemning prophets who 'heal the hurt of my people slightly' and proclaim 'Peace, peace' when there is no peace.
  • Ezekiel 13:10 (verbal): Condemns false prophets who say 'Peace' where there is no peace (Ezek. 13:10 uses the same formula 'they have prophesied peace, when there is no peace').
  • Jeremiah 23:17 (thematic): Speaks of prophets telling people 'You will have peace' (or 'Peace') falsely—same theme of deceptive reassurance contrary to God's judgment.
  • Isaiah 57:21 (thematic): Declares 'There is no peace' for the wicked—echoes Jeremiah's assertion that promised/assumed peace is illusory in the face of God's judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
  • They have scorned the brokenness of my people, saying carelessly, 'Peace, peace'—when there is no peace.
12 They were ashamed because they had done abominations; yet they were not ashamed and did not turn away. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; when I punish them they shall stumble, declares the LORD.

Jer.8.12 - Details

Original Text

הבשו כי תועבה עשו גם־ בוש לא־ יבשו והכלם לא ידעו לכן יפלו בנפלים בעת פקדתם יכשלו אמר יהוה׃

Morphology

  • הבשו: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • תועבה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עשו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • גם: ADV
  • בוש: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יבשו: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • והכלם: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • לכן: ADV
  • יפלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בנפלים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • בעת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • פקדתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • יכשלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 6:15 (verbal): Nearly identical language and thought—people commit abomination, are not ashamed and cannot blush, and therefore will fall at the time of punishment (close verbal parallel within Jeremiah).
  • Jeremiah 3:3 (thematic): Speaks of unrepentant harlotry and a lack of shame (’thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed’), linking sexual/ religious apostasy with judgment.  
  • Ezekiel 16:30–34 (thematic): Ezekiel accuses Jerusalem of shameless prostitution and describes consequent humiliation and punishment—same pattern of disgrace, no shame, and coming fall.  
  • Proverbs 30:12 (thematic): ‘There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness’—portrays self-righteousness/no shame despite sin, leading to ruin.  
  • Romans 1:32 (thematic): New Testament reflection on willful sin and approval of wrongdoing (they not only do these things but approve of those who practice them), culminating in God’s righteous judgment—parallels Jeremiah’s link between shameless sin and coming punishment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Put to shame yourselves; for they have committed an abomination—yet they were not at all ashamed; they did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; at the time of punishment they will stumble, declares the LORD.
  • Shame them—for they have done an abomination; yet they are not ashamed nor do they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; in the day of my punishment they shall stumble, declares the LORD.
13 I will gather them up, declares the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree—their leaves have withered; I will make them desolate.

Jer.8.13 - Details

Original Text

אסף אסיפם נאם־ יהוה אין ענבים בגפן ואין תאנים בתאנה והעלה נבל ואתן להם יעברום׃

Morphology

  • אסף: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אסיפם: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אין: PART,neg
  • ענבים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • בגפן: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • תאנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • בתאנה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • והעלה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • נבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואתן: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • יעברום: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Joel 1:12 (verbal): Uses the same image—'the vine is dried up and the fig tree languishes'—linking agricultural failure (vine/fig) and withering as judgement and disaster.
  • Matthew 21:19 (verbal): Jesus finds a fig tree with leaves but no fruit, curses it, and it withers immediately—closely parallels Jeremiah's motif of leaves present but no fruit and divine judgment.
  • Habakkuk 3:17 (thematic): Speaks of the fig tree not blossoming and there being no fruit on the vine, echoing the theme of crop failure and trust/test under calamity.
  • Isaiah 5:1-7 (thematic): The 'song of the vineyard' expects grapes but receives bad fruit—uses vineyard/fruit imagery to portray Israel's failure and the consequent judgement, thematically parallel to Jeremiah's fruitless vine/fig tree.
  • Hosea 9:10 (allusion): Employs grape and fig imagery to characterize Israel (early fruit/figs and grapes), providing an earlier prophetic use of vine/fig symbolism against which Jeremiah's image of fruitlessness can be read.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I will gather them up, declares the LORD: there are no grapes on the vine, no figs on the fig tree; their leaves have withered—so I will make them waste away.
  • I will gather them up, declares the LORD: there are no grapes on the vine, no figs on the fig tree; their leaves have withered—what I give them will perish.
14 Why are we sitting still? Assemble, let us go into the fortified cities; let us be silent there— for the LORD our God has put us to silence and has given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jer.8.14 - Details

Original Text

על־ מה אנחנו ישבים האספו ונבוא אל־ ערי המבצר ונדמה־ שם כי יהוה אלהינו הדמנו וישקנו מי־ ראש כי חטאנו ליהוה׃

Morphology

  • על: PREP
  • מה: PRON,int
  • אנחנו: PRON,1,pl
  • ישבים: VERB,qal,part,3,m,pl
  • האספו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • ונבוא: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,pl
  • אל: NEG
  • ערי: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • המבצר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ונדמה: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • שם: ADV
  • כי: CONJ
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:1,pl
  • הדמנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,pl
  • וישקנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,pl
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • ראש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • חטאנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Joel 1:13-14 (thematic): Calls the people to assemble, put on sackcloth and declare a fast in the face of calamity—parallel communal response to divine judgment and call to gather.
  • Habakkuk 2:20 (verbal): “Let all the earth keep silence before him” echoes Jeremiah’s call to be silent in recognition of the Lord’s action and judgment.
  • Psalm 69:21 (verbal): “They gave me also gall for my meat…they gave me vinegar to drink” echoes Jeremiah’s image of being made to drink bitter/waters of gall.
  • Lamentations 3:19-20 (thematic): Speaks of remembering affliction, wormwood and gall—uses the same bitter imagery to describe suffering under God’s discipline.
  • Zephaniah 1:7 (allusion): “Hold thy peace at the presence of the LORD” parallels the exhortation to be silent and withdraw in the face of the Lord’s judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Why do we sit still? Gather, let us go into the fortified cities and be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence and given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  • Why do we sit still? Assemble and let us go into the fortified cities and be silent there; for the LORD our God has doomed us and given us poisoned water—who will deliver us? For we have sinned against the LORD.
15 They hoped for peace, and there was no good; for a time of healing, and behold, terror.

Jer.8.15 - Details

Original Text

קוה לשלום ואין טוב לעת מרפה והנה בעתה׃

Morphology

  • קוה: VERB,qal,impv,2,ms
  • לשלום: PREP
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • טוב: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • לעת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מרפה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • והנה: ADV
  • בעתה: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,prsuf=3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 6:14 (verbal): Condemns false assurances of 'peace'—'They heal the hurt of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace,' echoing hope for peace that proves false.
  • Ezekiel 13:10-11 (verbal): Ezekiel rebukes prophets who say 'Peace' when there is no peace; language and condemnation of deceptive comfort parallel Jeremiah's contrast between hoped-for peace and ensuing trouble.
  • Isaiah 57:20-21 (thematic): Contrasts hoped-for stability with violent unrest: 'The wicked are like the troubled sea... There is no peace,' thematically similar to expectation of healing or peace becoming calamity.
  • Jeremiah 14:13-16 (thematic): God denounces prophets promising 'assured peace' though judgment is coming; parallels the motif of expecting peace/healing but encountering disaster.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and behold—panic.
  • They hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
16 From Dan is heard the clatter of chariots, the neighing of horses—at the sound of the commanders the whole land trembles. They come and devour the land and its fullness, the city and its inhabitants.

Jer.8.16 - Details

Original Text

מדן נשמע נחרת סוסיו מקול מצהלות אביריו רעשה כל־ הארץ ויבואו ויאכלו ארץ ומלואה עיר וישבי בה׃

Morphology

  • מדן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נשמע: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נחרת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • סוסיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
  • מקול: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מצהלות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • אביריו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
  • רעשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • כל: DET
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ויבואו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ויאכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ארץ: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ומלואה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עיר: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וישבי: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Habakkuk 1:6-11 (thematic): God raises the Chaldeans whose horses are swift and voracious; they march like an invading force and ‘devour’ peoples and lands—paralleling Jeremiah’s image of horses, chariots and the devouring of the land.
  • Nahum 2:3-4 (verbal): Graphic chariot-and-horse imagery—'the chariots rage... they run like lightnings'—echoes Jeremiah’s emphasis on the noise and terror of horses and chariots and the earth’s shaking.
  • Joel 2:2-5 (thematic): Joel portrays an unstoppable army like locusts and chariots that march and consume the land; the depiction of a terrifying, land-devouring host parallels Jeremiah’s announcement of invasion.
  • Isaiah 13:4-6 (thematic): Isaiah’s oracle against Babylon speaks of nations coming from afar with the sound of chariots and horses, causing terror and devastation—similar motifs of distant cavalry and the trembling of the land.

Alternative generated candidates

  • From Dan is heard the stamping of his horses, from the neighing of his stallions the clatter of chariots; the whole land trembles as they come, and they devour the land and its fullness—city and those who dwell therein.
  • From Dan the clatter of their horses is heard, the joy of their riders; the whole land trembles. They come and devour the land and its fullness—city and its inhabitants.
17 For behold, I send among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed; they will bite you, declares the LORD.

Jer.8.17 - Details

Original Text

כי הנני משלח בכם נחשים צפענים אשר אין־ להם לחש ונשכו אתכם נאם־ יהוה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
  • משלח: VERB,piel,part,3,m,sg
  • בכם: PREP,2,m,pl
  • נחשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • צפענים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אין: PART,neg
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • לחש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונשכו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • אתכם: PRT+PRON,2,m,pl
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 32:33 (verbal): Uses serpent/adder venom imagery for divine judgment ('their wine is the poison of serpents'), paralleling God's sending of venomous snakes to punish Israel.
  • Psalm 58:4-5 (verbal): Describes the wicked as bearing the poison of serpents and the deaf adder image—similar language of serpentine venom and inescapable bite used for condemnation.
  • Isaiah 59:5-6 (allusion): Speaks of hatching cockatrice eggs and things that break out into vipers—an image of sin birthing deadly serpents akin to God's sending of vipers as punishment.
  • Proverbs 23:32 (verbal): Compares the end of wine to the bite of a serpent and sting of an adder—echoes the motif of a sudden, poisonous bite as a destructive consequence.
  • Psalm 140:3 (verbal): Speaks of tongues sharpened like serpents and adders' poison under lips—uses serpent-venom metaphor for harm similar to the biting serpents sent by God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For behold, I am sending among you serpents—venomous creatures which cannot be charmed—and they shall bite you, declares the LORD.
  • For I am sending among you serpents, venomous serpents without charm; they shall bite you, declares the LORD.
18 My anguish, my grief! I am stifled—my heart moans within me.

Jer.8.18 - Details

Original Text

מבליגיתי עלי יגון עלי לבי דוי׃

Morphology

  • מבליגיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,x,sg
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • יגון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • לבי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1cs
  • דוי: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 42:11 (thematic): Both express the loss of joy and deep inner distress—an anguished, introspective lament about a downcast soul and the disappearance of gladness.
  • Psalm 38:8 (verbal): Uses similar language of bodily/heart suffering and groaning: “I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart,” echoing Jeremiah’s ‘my heart is sick’.
  • Psalm 143:4 (verbal): “My spirit grows faint; my heart within me is dismayed” closely parallels Jeremiah’s focus on a failing heart and inward dismay—shared diction about heart-sickness and faintness.
  • Job 30:27 (thematic): Job’s depiction of inner turmoil and physical distress (“my inward parts are in turmoil… days of affliction come”) thematically parallels Jeremiah’s experience of grief, loss of joy, and a sick heart.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My joy is gone; grief is upon me, my heart is sick.
  • My inward grief is stirred; my heart is faint within me.
19 Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people is heard from a land far away: ‘Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?’ Why have they angered me with their idols, with foreign vanities?

Jer.8.19 - Details

Original Text

הנה־ קול שועת בת־ עמי מארץ מרחקים היהוה אין בציון אם־ מלכה אין בה מדוע הכעסוני בפסליהם בהבלי נכר׃

Morphology

  • הנה: PART
  • קול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שועת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s
  • מארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מרחקים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • היהוה: NOUN,prop,sg
  • אין: PART,neg
  • בציון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • מלכה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אין: PART,neg
  • בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
  • מדוע: ADV
  • הכעסוני: VERB,hiph,perf,2,m,sg,obj1s
  • בפסליהם: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
  • בהבלי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • נכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 137:1-4 (thematic): Exilic lament: mourners in a foreign land recalling Zion and expressing the pain of deportation (echoes “the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off”).
  • Lamentations 2:1 (allusion): Personification of Zion and divine wrath: Lamentations, traditionally linked to Jeremiah, depicts God’s anger against Zion—paralleling the rhetorical question about the LORD’s presence in Zion and the theme of punished city/daughter. 
  • Jeremiah 2:11-13 (verbal): Same prophetic polemic against idolatry: Jeremiah denounces Israel’s turning to foreign vanities and broken cisterns—closely related language and theme to “why have they provoked me… with their carved images.”
  • Psalm 78:58 (verbal): Explicit phrasing about provoking God with carved images: this historical psalm charges the people with inciting divine anger by worshiping graven images, echoing Jeremiah’s complaint about idols drawing God’s wrath.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a land far away: 'Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they angered me with their idols, with the worthless vanities?
  • Behold—the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a land far off: 'Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they angered me with their images, with foreign vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Jer.8.20 - Details

Original Text

עבר קציר כלה קיץ ואנחנו לוא נושענו׃

Morphology

  • עבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קציר: NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • כלה: ADV
  • קיץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואנחנו: CONJ+PRON,1,pl
  • לוא: NEG
  • נושענו: VERB,niphal,perf,1,.,pl

Parallels

  • Joel 1:11-12 (verbal): Reports that the wheat and barley (the harvest) are destroyed and the field mourns—language of failed harvest closely parallels Jeremiah’s ‘harvest finished…we are not saved.’
  • Amos 8:2-3 (thematic): Vision of a basket of summer fruit (‘end’/‘summer’ imagery); God declares the end has come on Israel—parallels Jeremiah’s ‘katzir kalah’ and sense of final judgment/no deliverance.
  • Micah 6:15 (thematic): Speaks of sowing but not reaping and pressing grapes without getting wine—a prophetic lament about agricultural failure and loss of expected salvation/blessing, echoing Jeremiah’s lament.
  • Revelation 14:15-20 (structural): Uses harvest imagery as a scene of eschatological judgment (the ripe harvest, the winepress of God) rather than deliverance—structurally parallels Jeremiah’s ‘harvest finished’ coupled with absence of salvation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
  • The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn—grief has taken hold of me.

Jer.8.21 - Details

Original Text

על־ שבר בת־ עמי השברתי קדרתי שמה החזקתני׃

Morphology

  • על: PREP
  • שבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s
  • השברתי: VERB,hiph,perf,1,_,sg
  • קדרתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • שמה: ADV
  • החזקתני: VERB,hiph,perf,2,m,sg+1cs

Parallels

  • Lamentations 2:11 (verbal): A closely related lament (traditionally connected to Jeremiah) that mourns the destruction of 'the daughter of my people'; both verses use personal, bodily imagery of weeping/grief over Israel's ruin.
  • Jeremiah 9:1 (verbal): Same prophet's expression of intense personal sorrow—'Oh, that my head were waters...'—using the root שבר/שׁבר to convey being broken up over the people's fate.
  • Jeremiah 31:20 (thematic): Speaks of God's tender compassion and inner commotion for Ephraim/Israel ('my heart is turned within me'), paralleling Jeremiah 8:21's theme of divine/prophetic heartbreak for the nation's suffering.
  • Hosea 11:8 (thematic): God's anguished question 'How can I give you up?' expresses the same reluctant, grieving love for Israel that underlies the 'I am broken' lament in Jeremiah 8:21.
  • Isaiah 63:9 (thematic): Describes God as afflicted and compassionate in Israel's affliction—a theological parallel to Jeremiah's portrayal of deep sorrow and inward breaking over the people's calamity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn—terror has seized me.
  • Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am wounded; I mourn, and astonishment has seized me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the daughter of my people not been healed?

Jer.8.22 - Details

Original Text

הצרי אין בגלעד אם־ רפא אין שם כי מדוע לא עלתה ארכת בת־ עמי׃

Morphology

  • הצרי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אין: PART,neg
  • בגלעד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • רפא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אין: PART,neg
  • שם: ADV
  • כי: CONJ
  • מדוע: ADV
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • עלתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ארכת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 46:11 (verbal): Uses the same 'balm in Gilead' imagery—both passages invoke balm as the expected remedy and lament the absence of healing.
  • Jeremiah 6:14 (thematic): Condemns false healers who give superficial cures ('they heal the wound... lightly'), echoing the complaint that Israel's sickness receives no true remedy.
  • Isaiah 1:5-6 (verbal): Describes the nation as sick from head to toe and lacking ointment/medicine—parallel language and imagery of wounds without healing.
  • Jeremiah 30:17 (thematic): Offers a counterpoint promise of restoration ('I will restore health unto thee'), addressing the very lack of healing lamented in 8:22.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the daughter of my people not been healed?
  • Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the daughter of my people not been healed?
23 O that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears—I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.

Jer.8.23 - Details

Original Text

מי־ יתן ראשי מים ועיני מקור דמעה ואבכה יומם ולילה את חללי בת־ עמי׃

Morphology

  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יתן: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • ראשי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ועיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • מקור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • דמעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ואבכה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • יומם: ADV
  • ולילה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • חללי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 9:1 (quotation): Essentially the same lament in different chapter/verse numbering (Hebrew/English variants); a direct restatement of the prophet’s wish to weep continually for his slain people.
  • Lamentations 3:48 (verbal): Uses nearly the same image of eyes running down 'with rivers of water' for the destruction of the daughter of my people—close verbal and thematic echo of mourning for Jerusalem.
  • Psalm 42:3 (thematic): Speaks of continual tears 'day and night' as the psalmist’s sustenance—parallels the persistent mourning motif and language of unceasing weeping.
  • Psalm 119:136 (verbal): 'Streams of tears run down mine eyes' echoes the fountain/stream image of abundant weeping for those who violate God’s ways, linking intense sorrow and tear imagery.
  • Jeremiah 13:17 (verbal): Jeremiah twice expresses profound personal weeping for the people—'mine eyes shall... run down with tears'—a closely related verbal and thematic lament over Israel’s refusal to heed warning.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
  • O that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears—I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
1 O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.

Jer.9.1 - Details

Original Text

מי־ יתנני במדבר מלון ארחים ואעזבה את־ עמי ואלכה מאתם כי כלם מנאפים עצרת בגדים׃

Morphology

  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יתנני: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • במדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מלון: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ארחים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ואעזבה: VERB,qal,impf,1,?,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s
  • ואלכה: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • מאתם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • כלם: PRON,3,m,pl
  • מנאפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • עצרת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בגדים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 55:6-7 (thematic): Expresses the speaker's yearning to flee from treacherous companions and find solitude—parallel desire to leave a corrupt community.
  • Jeremiah 20:7-9 (structural): Jeremiah's personal lament about being oppressed by his people and his urge to be silent or depart, reflecting the prophet's conflict between withdrawal and vocation.
  • Hosea 4:1-2 (verbal): Accuses Israel of widespread moral failure—listing swearing, lying and adultery—echoing Jeremiah's charge that the people are ‘adulterers.’
  • Ezekiel 16:15-16 (verbal): Portrays Jerusalem/Israel as an unfaithful bride who prostituted herself—uses adultery imagery closely parallel to Jeremiah's characterization of the people.
  • Isaiah 1:4-5 (thematic): Denounces the nation as sinful, corrupt and deserving separation; thematically akin to the prophet's despair over a people so depraved he wishes to leave them.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Who would give me lodging in the wilderness, that I might leave my people and go away from them? For they are all adulterers, a congregation of treacherous ones.
  • Who would give me a lodging place in the wilderness, that I might leave my people and go away from them—for they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
2 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with lies they speak—there is no truth in the land. They go from evil to evil and do not know me, declares the LORD.

Jer.9.2 - Details

Original Text

וידרכו את־ לשונם קשתם שקר ולא לאמונה גברו בארץ כי מרעה אל־ רעה ׀ יצאו ואתי לא־ ידעו נאם־ יהוה׃

Morphology

  • וידרכו: VERB,qal,imf,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • לשונם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,pl
  • קשתם: NOUN,f,sg,suff-3mp
  • שקר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • לאמונה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • גברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • מרעה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • רעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יצאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ואתי: PRON,1,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Hosea 4:1-2 (thematic): Condemns lack of faithfulness and knowledge of God and lists swearing, lying and violence—echoes Jeremiah’s charge that people speak lies, do evil, and do not know the LORD.
  • Psalm 5:9 (verbal): Speaks of there being 'no truth in their mouth' and flattering/deceitful tongues, closely paralleling Jeremiah’s image of the tongue bent like a bow for falsehood.
  • Proverbs 12:22 (thematic): Affirms that lying lips are an abomination to the LORD and contrasts truthfulness and deceit, reflecting Jeremiah’s condemnation of false speech and absence of faithfulness.
  • Isaiah 59:3-4 (thematic): Describes lips that speak lies and hands stained with wrongdoing, and a society moving from evil to evil—paralleling Jeremiah’s portrayal of pervasive falsehood and moral decline which shows ignorance of God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit—there is no truth. They prosper in the land, but from evil to evil they go; they do not know me, declares the LORD.
  • They bend their tongues like a bow; falsehood prevails. Not one is faithful in the land; they deal from bad to worse, and they have not known me, declares the LORD.
3 Every one deceives his neighbor; beware of every brother—do not trust any companion; for every brother is a slanderer and every friend a betrayer.

Jer.9.3 - Details

Original Text

איש מרעהו השמרו ועל־ כל־ אח אל־ תבטחו כי כל־ אח עקוב יעקב וכל־ רע רכיל יהלך׃

Morphology

  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מרעהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • השמרו: VERB,qal,impv,2,pl
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • כל: DET
  • אח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • תבטחו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • כל: DET
  • אח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עקוב: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • יעקב: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • רכיל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהלך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 55:12-14 (thematic): Speaks of betrayal by a close companion who ate bread with the psalmist and then turned against him—theme of intimate treachery like Jer 9:3.
  • Psalm 41:9 (verbal): “My own familiar friend... hath lifted up his heel against me” — a near-verbatim motif of trusted associates betraying the speaker, echoing Jer 9:3.
  • Micah 7:5-6 (verbal): Commands not to trust friends or companions and depicts familial betrayal (‘a man's enemies are the men of his own house’), closely paralleling Jer 9:3's warning.
  • Genesis 37:18-28 (thematic): Narrative of Joseph’s brothers conspiring against him—an extended example of sibling betrayal and deceit within the family circle.
  • Job 19:19 (thematic): Job laments that those he loved have turned against him; shares the motif of friends/kinsmen abandoning or betraying the sufferer.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.
  • Every man beware of his neighbor; do not trust any brother—every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor a slanderer.
4 Each will betray his companion—no one speaks truth. They have taught their tongues to speak deceit; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Jer.9.4 - Details

Original Text

ואיש ברעהו יהתלו ואמת לא ידברו למדו לשונם דבר־ שקר העוה נלאו׃

Morphology

  • ואיש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ברעהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • יהתלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ואמת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידברו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • למדו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • לשונם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,pl
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שקר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • העוה: DET+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • נלאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 12:2-3 (verbal): Both passages condemn widespread lying and flattering lips; Psalm 12 speaks of people speaking falsehoods and flattering language, echoing Jeremiah’s note that they have 'learned to speak lies.'
  • Micah 7:5 (verbal): Micah warns 'Trust no one, not even your neighbor,' closely mirroring Jeremiah’s injunction to beware of one's neighbor and not put trust in a brother (parallel wording and theme).
  • Psalm 41:9 (thematic): Expresses the pain of betrayal by a close companion ('even my close friend in whom I trusted'), paralleling Jeremiah’s theme of betrayal and untrustworthiness among kin and neighbors.
  • Psalm 55:12-14 (thematic): Describes intimate friendship turned to treachery—'it was you, my equal... my companion'—echoing Jeremiah’s complaint about neighbors and brothers who deceive and betray.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have trained their tongues to speak lies and wear themselves out for iniquity.
  • They conspire with one another and do not speak the truth; they have trained their tongues to lie; they weary themselves in doing evil.
5 Who can say, ‘I am innocent’? Their inward thought and every mouth is deceitful; they have refused to know me, declares the LORD.

Jer.9.5 - Details

Original Text

שבתך בתוך מרמה במרמה מאנו דעת־ אותי נאם־ יהוה׃

Morphology

  • שבתך: NOUN,f,sg,suff-2ms
  • בתוך: PREP
  • מרמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • במרמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מאנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • דעת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אותי: PRON,1,sg,acc
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Hosea 4:6 (verbal): Both speak of the people's ruin because of lack of knowledge of God — 'my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge' parallels Jeremiah's charge that in their deceit they refuse to know the LORD.
  • Jeremiah 4:22 (thematic): Same prophet and theme: Israel is described as not knowing God — 'for my people are foolish, they know not me' echoes the accusation of refusing to know the LORD amid deceit.
  • Hosea 5:4 (thematic): Speaks of people turning away and not seeking or knowing the LORD; complements Jeremiah's link between moral/deceptive behavior and failure to know God.
  • Isaiah 29:13 (thematic): Condemns ritual lip-service and inner distance from God — hypocrisy and deceit ('honor me with their lips... their fear… is a command taught by men') parallels Jeremiah's critique of living in deceit and refusing true knowledge of God.
  • Psalm 50:16-17 (thematic): God reproves those who recite his statutes but hate instruction; the denial/rejection of divine instruction and true relationship aligns with Jeremiah's charge that in their deceit they refuse to know the LORD.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.
  • They take refuge in deceit; in deceit is their confidence; they have refused to know me, declares the LORD.
6 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: I will refine them and test them, for how shall I deal with the daughter of my people?

Jer.9.6 - Details

Original Text

לכן כה אמר יהוה צבאות הנני צורפם ובחנתים כי־ איך אעשה מפני בת־ עמי׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • צבאות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
  • צורפם: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • ובחנתים: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • איך: ADV
  • אעשה: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • מפני: PREP
  • בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Malachi 3:2-3 (verbal): Uses the image of a refiner’s fire and purifier who will purify and refine the people—closely parallels Jeremiah’s language of refining and testing.
  • Zechariah 13:9 (verbal): Speaks of refining and testing Israel (or the remnant) so they call on God’s name—similar refining/trying motif and outcome.
  • Isaiah 48:10 (verbal): God declares he has refined and tried his people in a furnace of affliction—directly parallels the refine/try language and divine purpose.
  • Jeremiah 6:26 (structural): Addresses the ‘daughter of my people’ in a prophetic lament and call to mourning—echoes the same vocative phrase and pastoral concern within Jeremiah.
  • Psalm 66:10-12 (thematic): Describes God’s proving and testing of his people like silver in a furnace—themewise parallel to Jeremiah’s testing/refining imagery.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will test them and refine them, for how shall I deal with the daughter of my people?
  • Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will refine them and test them; for how shall I deal with the daughter of my people?
7 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with deceitful speech they say ‘Peace’ to their neighbor while in their heart they set an ambush.

Jer.9.7 - Details

Original Text

חץ שחוט לשונם מרמה דבר בפיו שלום את־ רעהו ידבר ובקרבו ישים ארבו׃

Morphology

  • חץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שחוט: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • לשונם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,pl
  • מרמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בפיו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m
  • שלום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • רעהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • ידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ובקרבו: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ישים: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ארבו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 55:21 (verbal): Speaks of smooth/deceptive speech contrasted with inner hostility: 'His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart,' paralleling 'speaks peace... but sets an ambush in his heart.'
  • Proverbs 26:24-26 (verbal): Describes a person who hides hatred with flattering words and harbors deceit in the heart, warning not to trust gracious speech—closely matching the theme of deceitful, destructive tongue in Jer 9:7.
  • Ezekiel 13:10 (verbal): Condemns prophets who prophesy 'Peace' when there is no peace—echoes Jer 9:7's charge that people 'speak peace to their neighbors' while intending harm.
  • Jeremiah 6:14 (thematic): Within the same book, accuses leaders of offering false assurance—'They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace'—a direct thematic parallel to Jer 9:7's false words of peace.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with deceitful speech they say, 'Peace to my neighbor,' while in their heart they set an ambush.
  • Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with deceit they speak 'Peace' to their neighbor, while in their heart they set a trap.
8 Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation such as this?

Jer.9.8 - Details

Original Text

העל־ אלה לא־ אפקד־ בם נאם־ יהוה אם בגוי אשר־ כזה לא תתנקם נפשי׃

Morphology

  • העל: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אלה: DEM,pl,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אפקד: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • בם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • בגוי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • כזה: PRON,dem,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תתנקם: VERB,hitpael,impf,3,f,sg
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 14:10-12 (verbal): God tells Jeremiah not to pray for the people because 'though they cry unto me, I will not hear them'—language and judgment closely mirror Jer 9:8.
  • Jeremiah 11:14 (verbal): 'Pray not thou for this people... for I will not hear them' — an earlier Jeremiac injunction with the same refusal to hear Israel's cries.
  • Isaiah 1:15 (verbal): When the people offer prayer in hypocrisy, God says 'I will hide mine eyes... when ye make many prayers, I will not hear'—parallel refusal to hear petitions.
  • Ezekiel 8:18 (thematic): God declares He will deal in fury and that 'mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity'—parallels the statement 'I will not pity' in Jer 9:8.
  • Hosea 5:6 (thematic): Israel will seek the LORD but 'they shall not find him' because He withdraws—similar consequence to God refusing to hear or pity the people's cries.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD; and shall I not take vengeance on such a nation as this?
  • Shall I not punish them for these things, declares the LORD? Shall I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
9 I will make mourning on the mountains and a lamentation on the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up so that none passes through; neither does any voice of cattle or flock is heard—birds of the heavens and beasts are gone.

Jer.9.9 - Details

Original Text

על־ ההרים אשא בכי ונהי ועל־ נאות מדבר קינה כי נצתו מבלי־ איש עבר ולא שמעו קול מקנה מעוף השמים ועד־ בהמה נדדו הלכו׃

Morphology

  • על: PREP
  • ההרים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשא: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • בכי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונהי: CONJ+PRON,1,pl
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • נאות: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • מדבר: VERB,qal,ptc,3,m,sg
  • קינה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • נצתו: VERB,nip,perf,3,m,pl
  • מבלי: PREP
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • שמעו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • קול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מקנה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מעוף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • בהמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • נדדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • הלכו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 4:25-26 (verbal): Same prophetic context and imagery of mountains, wilderness pastures and desolation—cities and fields made deserted so that none pass through; close verbal and thematic affinity within Jeremiah's laments.
  • Joel 1:10-12,18-20 (thematic): Joel laments ruined fields and pastures, the distress of cattle and flocks, and the land's mourning—parallel theme of pastoral desolation and animals fleeing or suffering.
  • Isaiah 13:20-22 (thematic): Prophetic oracle against Babylon pictures absolute desolation—no inhabitants, wild creatures and owls dwelling there—echoes the image of burned/abandoned pastures and birds/beasts gone.
  • Isaiah 34:11-15 (thematic): Vision of the desolated nations populated by wild creatures (owl, jackal, etc.) and uninhabited ruins parallels Jeremiah's motif of wasteland where birds of the heavens and beasts have fled.

Alternative generated candidates

  • On the hills I will make mourning, and in the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation; because the destroyer has come without, and there is no one—both bird of the heavens and beast have fled and gone.
  • On the mountains I will lift up a cry and wail; in the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation—for they are burned up without a man, and no one hears the sound. From the cattle and the birds of the sky and even the beasts—they have fled.
10 I will make Jerusalem a heap, a den of jackals, and will make the cities of Judah desolate, without inhabitant.

Jer.9.10 - Details

Original Text

ונתתי את־ ירושלם לגלים מעון תנים ואת־ ערי יהודה אתן שממה מבלי יושב׃

Morphology

  • ונתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לגלים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מעון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ואת: CONJ
  • ערי: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • אתן: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • שממה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מבלי: PREP
  • יושב: VERB,qal,ptcp,1,m,sg

Parallels

  • Isaiah 13:21 (verbal): Uses the same desolation imagery—wild/creaturely inhabitants (jackals/wild beasts) taking up residence in a ruined city, echoing Jeremiah’s ‘den of jackals.’
  • Isaiah 34:13–15 (thematic): A prophetic catalogue of desolation (thorns, nettles, wild animals, jackals/owls) describing divine judgment that leaves lands and cities uninhabited, paralleling Jeremiah’s motif of emptied cities.
  • Jeremiah 19:7 (structural): Within Jeremiah the same judicial formula: God will bring calamity on Jerusalem and make it a desolation/heap—closely related wording and prophetic intent.
  • Ezekiel 6:14 (thematic): Ezekiel speaks of making the cities of Israel a desolation and leaving the land uninhabited as punishment—similar theme of depopulation and ruined settlements under divine judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I will make Jerusalem a heap and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
  • I will make Jerusalem a waste, a den of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.
11 Who is the wise man that may understand this, who can hear and declare what the mouth of the LORD has spoken concerning the land? Why has it become a desolation like a wilderness, untraveled?

Jer.9.11 - Details

Original Text

מי־ האיש החכם ויבן את־ זאת ואשר דבר פי־ יהוה אליו ויגדה על־ מה אבדה הארץ נצתה כמדבר מבלי עבר׃

Morphology

  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • החכם: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • ויבן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg
  • ואשר: CONJ+PRON,rel
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • פי: NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ויגדה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • מה: PRON,int
  • אבדה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • נצתה: VERB,niphal,perf,3,f,sg
  • כמדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מבלי: PREP
  • עבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 1:7-9 (verbal): Uses very similar language of the land and cities laid waste and burned; parallels Jeremiah's image of the country becoming a desert under divine judgment.
  • Jeremiah 4:23-26 (structural): Internal parallel within Jeremiah: an earlier vision of the earth made desolate, void of people and passage—same thematic imagery and rhetorical question about the nation's devastation.
  • Joel 1:10-12 (thematic): Joel laments the fields, vine, and land being ruined and desolate; shares the motif of agricultural devastation and communal mourning over a land made like a wilderness.
  • Psalm 107:34-35 (verbal): Speaks of turning a fruitful land into salt wastes and desolate regions—verbal and thematic resonance with Jeremiah's depiction of the land burned and untraversed.
  • Deuteronomy 28:25 (allusion): Part of the covenant curse predicting disaster and a land laid waste when Israel breaks the covenant—Jeremiah's lament echoes these covenantal warnings as the theological backdrop for the land's ruin.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Who is the man that is wise and may understand this, that may discern the mouth of the LORD and tell why the land has perished and been burned like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
  • Who is the man who is wise and can understand this, who can discern the reasons for it? Why has the land been laid waste and become a wilderness, with none passing through?
12 And the LORD said: Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,

Jer.9.12 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהוה על־ עזבם את־ תורתי אשר נתתי לפניהם ולא־ שמעו בקולי ולא־ הלכו בה׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • עזבם: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg+prsuf:3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • תורתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • לפניהם: PREP,3,m,pl
  • ולא: CONJ
  • שמעו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • בקולי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • הלכו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 31:16 (thematic): God predicts the people will forsake Him and His statutes—theme of abandoning the law and not following God's ways.
  • Jeremiah 7:24 (verbal): Very close language in the same book: the people 'did not hear or incline their ear' and did not walk in God's counsel—direct parallel in thought and wording.
  • Psalm 78:10 (verbal): Speaks of the people refusing to keep God's covenant and not walking in His law—verbal and thematic overlap with failing to heed God's instruction.
  • Hosea 4:6 (thematic): God declares His people destroyed for lack of knowledge because they rejected instruction—connects to forsaking God's law and not listening to His voice.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD said, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice nor walked in it,
  • Thus says the LORD: Because they have forsaken my law which I put before them and have not obeyed my voice nor walked in it,
13 they have walked after the stubbornness of their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

Jer.9.13 - Details

Original Text

וילכו אחרי שררות לבם ואחרי הבעלים אשר למדום אבותם׃

Morphology

  • וילכו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • אחרי: PREP
  • שררות: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לבם: NOUN,m,sg,poss
  • ואחרי: CONJ
  • הבעלים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • למדום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אבותם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp

Parallels

  • Judges 2:11-13 (verbal): Israel ‘served Baal/Ashtaroth’ and ‘went after’ other gods—language and theme of following Baalim echoes Jeremiah’s charge that they went after the Baalim.
  • 1 Kings 12:28-30 (thematic): Jeroboam’s establishment of calf-worship led the people to follow other gods—an example of idolatrous practices becoming inherited tradition, like ‘the Baalim which their fathers taught them.’
  • Psalm 106:35 (verbal): ‘But mingled with the nations, and learned their works’ parallels the idea of adopting ancestral/idolatrous practices taught by previous generations (learning/being taught the Baals’ ways).
  • Deuteronomy 31:16-20 (allusion): Moses’ warning that Israel’s descendants will turn to other gods and provoke God’s anger anticipates the pattern Jeremiah condemns—following foreign gods as a generational betrayal.

Alternative generated candidates

  • but have gone after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,
  • they have gone after the stubbornness of their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
14 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I will feed this people with wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.

Jer.9.14 - Details

Original Text

לכן כה־ אמר יהוה צבאות אלהי ישראל הנני מאכילם את־ העם הזה לענה והשקיתים מי־ ראש׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • צבאות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
  • מאכילם: VERB,hiph,impf,1,?,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • העם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg
  • לענה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • והשקיתים: VERB,hiph,impf,1,?,sg
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • ראש: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 23:15 (verbal): Uses virtually the same imagery—God says He will 'feed them wormwood and make them drink the water of gall' in condemnation of false prophets.
  • Deuteronomy 29:18 (allusion): Speaks of a 'root that beareth gall and wormwood' as a corrupting influence—similar 'wormwood/gall' motif for divine judgment.
  • Psalm 69:21 (thematic): Speaks of being given 'gall' for food and 'vinegar' for drink—parallel imagery of bitter/poisonous substances as suffering or divine hostility.
  • Proverbs 5:4 (verbal): Describes the end of the adulterous woman as 'bitter as wormwood,' echoing the 'wormwood' metaphor for bitterness and ruin.

Alternative generated candidates

  • therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
  • Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
15 I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known; I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.

Jer.9.15 - Details

Original Text

והפצותים בגוים אשר לא ידעו המה ואבותם ושלחתי אחריהם את־ החרב עד כלותי אותם׃

Morphology

  • והפצותים: CONJ+VERB,hiph,perf,1,_,sg
  • בגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • המה: PRON,3,m,pl
  • ואבותם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3,m,pl
  • ושלחתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg
  • אחריהם: PREP,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • החרב: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • עד: PREP
  • כלותי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:33 (verbal): Uses the same covenant‑curse formula: 'I will scatter you among the nations' and 'I will draw out the sword after you'—a close verbal parallel to Jeremiah's judgment of exile.
  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (thematic): Describes the covenant consequence of dispersal to foreign peoples and lands 'which you do not know,' echoing Jeremiah's image of being sent among unknown nations.
  • Ezekiel 12:15 (structural): Ezekiel likewise links scattering of Israel among the nations with the drawing of the sword after them—similar structure and purpose in explaining exile as divine punishment.
  • Amos 9:9 (allusion): God's action of sifting or shaking Israel 'among all nations' communicates the same theme of divine dispersal of the people as punitive judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
  • I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Look and call for the mourning women; send for the skillful mourners—let them come.

Jer.9.16 - Details

Original Text

כה אמר יהוה צבאות התבוננו וקראו למקוננות ותבואינה ואל־ החכמות שלחו ותבואנה׃

Morphology

  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • צבאות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • התבוננו: VERB,hitp,perf,3,m,pl
  • וקראו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • למקוננות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ותבואינה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • החכמות: NOUN,f,pl,def
  • שלחו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • ותבואנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl

Parallels

  • Jer.9.17-18 (verbal): Immediate context — continuation of the same summons to 'call for mourning women' and to send for the skillful ones; repeats the call to lament and pray for mercy.
  • Isa.22.12-13 (thematic): Both texts describe a divine summons to public weeping and mourning ('call for weeping and mourning'); Isaiah contrasts the call to lament with inappropriate rejoicing, similar to Jeremiah's indictment.
  • Joel.1.13 (thematic): Joel issues priestly and communal commands to gird for lamentation and wail over disaster—paralleling Jeremiah's instruction to call mourners and skilled lamenters.
  • Mic.1.8 (thematic): Micah depicts prophetic self-lamentation ('I will weep and howl; I will make a lamentation'), echoing the rhetoric of summoned mourning and professional lament in Jeremiah.
  • Ezek.21.12 (structural): Ezekiel's call to cry out and howl over an impending day of the LORD parallels the prophetic structure of summoning public lament found in Jeremiah 9:16.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for skilled women to come.
  • Thus says the LORD of hosts: Look, call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled lamenters to come.
17 Let them hasten and run up, let them be summoned; let them lament over us—our eyes flow with tears, our eyelids gush with water.

Jer.9.17 - Details

Original Text

ותמהרנה ותשנה עלינו נהי ותרדנה עינינו דמעה ועפעפינו יזלו־ מים׃

Morphology

  • ותמהרנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • ותשנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • עלינו: PREP+PRON,1,pl
  • נהי: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ותרדנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • עינינו: NOUN,f,pl,poss_1pl
  • דמעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ועפעפינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,1,pl
  • יזלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 9:1 (verbal): Same chapter and speaker — expresses an intense desire for abundant weeping ('oh that my eyes were a fountain of tears'), closely paralleling the imagery of eyes streaming and abundant tears.
  • Lamentations 3:48-49 (verbal): Uses near-identical imagery of eyes flowing with 'rivers of water' for the destruction of the people; echoes Jeremiah's language of uncontained tears and communal lament.
  • Psalm 6:6 (verbal): Describes continual weeping ('I water my couch with my tears') and the physical outpouring of tears, paralleling Jeremiah's emphasis on eyes and eyelids overflowing with water.
  • Joel 2:12-13 (thematic): Calls for return to the LORD 'with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning' — thematically parallels Jeremiah's summons to lamentation and public mourning (call for mourning women).

Alternative generated candidates

  • Let them hurry and wail over us; let our eyes run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
  • They shall hasten and come; trembling shall seize them. Our eyes shall run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
18 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are plundered! We must leave our homes because of the enemy.’

Jer.9.18 - Details

Original Text

כי קול נהי נשמע מציון איך שדדנו בשנו מאד כי־ עזבנו ארץ כי השליכו משכנותינו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • קול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נהי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נשמע: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מציון: PREP+NOUN,prop,sg,abs
  • איך: ADV
  • שדדנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,pl
  • בשנו: PREP
  • מאד: ADV
  • כי: CONJ
  • עזבנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,pl
  • ארץ: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • השליכו: VERB,hif,impv,2,m,pl
  • משכנותינו: NOUN,f,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 9:1-2 (structural): Immediate context — the same speaker's extended lament about tears and wailing for Zion; continues the theme of audible mourning and shame over the nation's ruin.
  • Psalm 137:1-4 (thematic): Exilic lament — mourners weeping for Zion in a foreign land and expressing inability to sing; parallels the 'voice of wailing from Zion' and the pain of displacement.
  • Lamentations 2:1-2 (thematic): Describes the Lord's wrath and the devastation of Zion (beauty cast down, sanctuary defiled), echoing imagery of spoil, desolation, and overturned dwellings.
  • Isaiah 64:10-11 (thematic): Speaks of Zion as a wilderness and the holy city desolate, with the holy house burned — similar language of abandoned land and ruined dwellings.
  • Joel 1:8-10 (thematic): Communal lament over ruined fields and deserted towns; uses mourning imagery for loss of land and habitations that parallels Jeremiah's cry about forsaken land and cast down dwellings.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For a voice of lamentation is heard from Zion: 'How we are plundered!—we are utterly ashamed, because we have forsaken the land and our dwellings have been cast aside.'
  • For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: 'How we are plundered!' We are ashamed because we have forsaken the land; our dwellings have been cast out from us.
19 For the women hear the word of the LORD and give ear to the word of his mouth; teach your daughters a lamentation, every woman her neighbor a dirge.

Jer.9.19 - Details

Original Text

כי־ שמענה נשים דבר־ יהוה ותקח אזנכם דבר־ פיו ולמדנה בנותיכם נהי ואשה רעותה קינה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • שמענה: VERB,qal,imp,2,f,pl
  • נשים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ותקח: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • אזנכם: NOUN,f,pl,suff
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • פיו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • ולמדנה: VERB,piel,impv,2,f,pl
  • בנותיכם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2mp
  • נהי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואשה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • רעותה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • קינה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 9:17-18 (verbal): Immediate context: a direct call for women to cry and for people to gird sackcloth and teach lamentation—same scene and wording of instructing daughters in mourning.
  • Joel 1:8 (thematic): A call for a woman (a bride/virgin) to lament in sackcloth for loss—parallel motif of women’s public wailing and prescribed mourning.
  • Micah 1:8 (thematic): The prophet’s own vow to ‘lament and howl’ and ‘make a wailing’ parallels Jeremiah’s command to produce communal lament and teach daughters mourning.
  • Lamentations 2:11-12 (thematic): Graphic depiction of national grief—women and young fainting, eyes overflowing with tears—echoes the image of teaching daughters and neighbors to mourn.
  • Ezekiel 21:12 (allusion): The prophetic injunction ‘Cry and wail’ (or ‘beat your breast’) over coming judgment resonates with Jeremiah’s summons for women’s lament and instruction in mourning.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Hear the word of the LORD, women, and give ear to the message of his mouth; teach your daughters lamentation, and every woman her neighbor a dirge.
  • Give ear, O women, to the word of the LORD; pay attention and take to heart the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters lamentation; let every neighbor wail.
20 For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.

Jer.9.20 - Details

Original Text

כי־ עלה מות בחלונינו בא בארמנותינו להכרית עולל מחוץ בחורים מרחבות׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עלה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מות: VERB,qal,infabs
  • בחלונינו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss1pl
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בארמנותינו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,poss1pl
  • להכרית: PREP+VERB,hiph,inf,NA,NA,NA
  • עולל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מחוץ: PREP
  • בחורים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מרחבות: NOUN,f,pl,const

Parallels

  • Exodus 12:29 (allusion): Death enters houses and strikes the inhabitants (the death of the firstborn), echoing Jeremiah’s image of death coming into palaces and cutting off infants/young people.
  • Isaiah 13:16 (verbal): Graphic enemy violence: infants dashed and youths cut off before the eyes—language and imagery parallel Jeremiah’s lament over children and young men being taken/put to death.
  • Lamentations 2:12-13 (thematic): A communal lament over the suffering of the populace—including infants, virgins, and the young—reflecting the same mournful imagery and tone found in Jeremiah’s cry.
  • Psalm 79:1-3 (thematic): Describes foreign devastation of God’s people, bodies given to beasts and blood poured out—a parallel theme of massacre and communal loss that underlies Jeremiah’s depiction of death in homes and streets.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
  • For death has come up into our windows and entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.
21 Thus says the LORD: ‘A cry—behold, the corpses of men lie like dung upon the field, like sheaves behind the reaper; there is none to gather them.’

Jer.9.21 - Details

Original Text

דבר כה נאם־ יהוה ונפלה נבלת האדם כדמן על־ פני השדה וכעמיר מאחרי הקצר ואין מאסף׃

Morphology

  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כה: ADV
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ונפלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • נבלת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כדמן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • השדה: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וכעמיר: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מאחרי: PREP
  • הקצר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • מאסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:26 (verbal): Part of the covenant curses: the people's corpses become food for birds and beasts—echoes Jeremiah's image of fallen carcasses exposed on the field.
  • Ezekiel 39:17-20 (verbal): Describes birds and beasts feasting on the slain after battle; closely parallels the picture of corpses left uncollected like refuse after the harvest.
  • Psalm 79:2 (thematic): A communal lament that enemies have given God's servants' dead bodies to birds—similar lament over exposed corpses and desecration of the fallen.
  • Isaiah 34:6-7 (thematic): Apocalyptic depiction of slaughter with corpses left for the birds and beasts and the land stained with blood, paralleling Jeremiah's language of devastation and abandoned carcasses.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Say thus, declares the LORD: A carcass is driven out, cast forth like dung on the face of the field; like a sheaf behind the reaper, there is none to gather.
  • Say this, O LORD: 'Behold, the carcass of man lies like refuse upon the field, like a sheaf left behind by the reapers—there is none to gather.'
22 Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the mighty man boast in his might, nor the rich man boast in his riches.

Jer.9.22 - Details

Original Text

כה ׀ אמר יהוה אל־ יתהלל חכם בחכמתו ואל־ יתהלל הגבור בגבורתו אל־ יתהלל עשיר בעשרו׃

Morphology

  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • יתהלל: VERB,hithpael,juss,3,m,sg
  • חכם: ADJ,m,sg
  • בחכמתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • יתהלל: VERB,hithpael,juss,3,m,sg
  • הגבור: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בגבורתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m
  • אל: NEG
  • יתהלל: VERB,hithpael,juss,3,m,sg
  • עשיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בעשרו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 9:23-24 (structural): Immediate continuation/contrast: after forbidding boasting in wisdom, strength, or wealth, God prescribes the proper ground for boasting—knowing and understanding the LORD and his acts of justice and mercy.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (verbal): Paul echoes the motif of refusing human grounds for boasting (wisdom, might, status) and insists that any boasting belong to the Lord because God has chosen the weak so that no one may boast before him.
  • Psalm 49:6-9, 16-17 (thematic): Warns against trusting or being impressed by the rich; emphasizes that wealth cannot secure one's life or ransom a soul—undermining grounds for boasting in riches.
  • Luke 18:9-14 (thematic): Parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector condemns self-justifying, boastful attitudes before God and commends humility—parallel rejection of human pride as grounds for honor.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the mighty in his might, let not the rich boast in his riches.
  • Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty boast in his might, nor let the rich glory in his riches.
23 But let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth; for in these I delight, declares the LORD.

Jer.9.23 - Details

Original Text

כי אם־ בזאת יתהלל המתהלל השכל וידע אותי כי אני יהוה עשה חסד משפט וצדקה בארץ כי־ באלה חפצתי נאם־ יהוה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אם: CONJ
  • בזאת: PREP
  • יתהלל: VERB,hithpael,juss,3,m,sg
  • המתהלל: PART,hitp,ptcp,m,sg,def
  • השכל: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וידע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אותי: PRON,1,sg,acc
  • כי: CONJ
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • חסד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • משפט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וצדקה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • באלה: PREP+DEM,pl
  • חפצתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,-,sg
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (quotation): Paul echoes Jeremiah’s denunciation of human boasting and his summons that the one who glories should glory in the Lord (cf. 'let him who boasts, boast in the Lord'), using the passage to emphasize God’s choice and the futility of worldly wisdom.
  • Hosea 6:6 (verbal): God declares preference for steadfast love/mercy (חסד) and knowledge of God over ritual sacrifice—parallel language and priority to that in Jeremiah 9:23–24 about knowing God and valuing covenantal mercy.
  • Micah 6:8 (thematic): Summarizes what God requires—'to do justice, and to love kindness (חסד), and to walk humbly'—mirroring Jeremiah’s triad of chesed (lovingkindness), mishpat (justice), and tzedakah (righteousness) as God’s delight.
  • Psalm 33:5 (thematic): Declares that the Lord 'loves righteousness and justice' and that steadfast love fills the earth, echoing Jeremiah’s statement that God acts in mercy, justice, and righteousness and delights in these things.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who works steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, declares the LORD.
  • But let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, declares the LORD.
24 Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will visit every one according to his practice: on the circumcised who are merely fleshly.

Jer.9.24 - Details

Original Text

הנה ימים באים נאם־ יהוה ופקדתי על־ כל־ מול בערלה׃

Morphology

  • הנה: PART
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • באים: VERB,qal,part,3,m,pl
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ופקדתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • על: PREP
  • כל: DET
  • מול: PREP
  • בערלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 10:16 (verbal): Uses the same language of circumcising the 'foreskin of your heart'—contrast between outward fleshly circumcision and inward, spiritual circumcision.
  • Deuteronomy 30:6 (thematic): Promises that YHWH will circumcise the heart of his people—contrasts divine inner visitation/renewal with mere external rite mentioned in Jeremiah.
  • Jeremiah 4:4 (verbal): Same prophetic injunction ('Circumcise yourselves to the LORD; remove the foreskin of your hearts')—both passages oppose mere external covenant signfulness without true repentance.
  • Romans 2:28-29 (thematic): Paul echoes the prophetic distinction between outward circumcision and true, inward circumcision of the heart, and the judgment of mere external observance.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish everyone who is circumcised merely in the flesh—
  • Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish those who are circumcised in the flesh only.
25 Behold, I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert—for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.

Jer.9.25 - Details

Original Text

על־ מצרים ועל־ יהודה ועל־ אדום ועל־ בני עמון ועל־ מואב ועל כל־ קצוצי פאה הישבים במדבר כי כל־ הגוים ערלים וכל־ בית ישראל ערלי־ לב׃

Morphology

  • על: PREP
  • מצרים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • אדום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • עמון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • מואב: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • כל: DET
  • קצוצי: ADJ,m,pl,cons
  • פאה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הישבים: PART,qal,ptc,3,m,pl,def
  • במדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • כל: DET
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ערלים: ADJ,m,pl
  • וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ערלי: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • לב: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 10:16 (verbal): Uses the same metaphor of circumcising the heart (’circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart’) — directly parallels Jeremiah’s contrast between outward/universal uncircumcision and the need for inward devotion.
  • Deuteronomy 30:6 (thematic): Promises that YHWH will ‘circumcise your heart’ and enable true obedience — thematically contrasts Jeremiah’s indictment that even Israel’s heart is uncircumcised.
  • Jeremiah 4:4 (verbal): Same prophetic summons within Jeremiah: ‘Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskin of your heart’ — an immediate internal parallel addressing spiritual uncleanness of Israel.
  • Romans 2:28-29 (allusion): Paul’s redefinition of circumcision as an inward, spiritual reality (‘circumcision is a matter of the heart’) echoes the prophetic concern with uncircumcised hearts and transforms the metaphor in a theological argument.

Alternative generated candidates

  • on Egypt, on Judah, on Edom, on the people of Ammon, on Moab, and on all the foreigners who cut the corners of their hair and dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.
  • I will visit Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all the nations that cut themselves and dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.

Say to them: Thus says the LORD, ‘They shall fall and not rise; if they turn back, they shall not be restored.’

Why has this people turned away? Jerusalem, they have turned back; they cling to deceit and refuse to return.

I listened and heard—no! Their words are not so; no one repents of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Each presses on in his course like a warhorse charging into battle.

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the season of their coming, but my people do not know the law of the LORD.

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us’? Behold, truly the pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood; the books are filled with lies.

The wise are put to shame; they are dismayed and seized. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD—what wisdom have they?

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who inherit them; for from the least to the greatest all are greedy— from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

They have mended the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

They were ashamed because they had done abominations; yet they were not ashamed and did not turn away. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; when I punish them they shall stumble, declares the LORD.

I will gather them up, declares the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree—their leaves have withered; I will make them desolate.

Why are we sitting still? Assemble, let us go into the fortified cities; let us be silent there— for the LORD our God has put us to silence and has given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

They hoped for peace, and there was no good; for a time of healing, and behold, terror.

From Dan is heard the clatter of chariots, the neighing of horses—at the sound of the commanders the whole land trembles. They come and devour the land and its fullness, the city and its inhabitants.

For behold, I send among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed; they will bite you, declares the LORD.

My anguish, my grief! I am stifled—my heart moans within me.

Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people is heard from a land far away: ‘Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?’ Why have they angered me with their idols, with foreign vanities?

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn—grief has taken hold of me.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the daughter of my people not been healed?

O that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears—I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.

O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with lies they speak—there is no truth in the land. They go from evil to evil and do not know me, declares the LORD.

Every one deceives his neighbor; beware of every brother—do not trust any companion; for every brother is a slanderer and every friend a betrayer.

Each will betray his companion—no one speaks truth. They have taught their tongues to speak deceit; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Who can say, ‘I am innocent’? Their inward thought and every mouth is deceitful; they have refused to know me, declares the LORD.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: I will refine them and test them, for how shall I deal with the daughter of my people?

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; with deceitful speech they say ‘Peace’ to their neighbor while in their heart they set an ambush.

Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation such as this?

I will make mourning on the mountains and a lamentation on the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up so that none passes through; neither does any voice of cattle or flock is heard—birds of the heavens and beasts are gone.

I will make Jerusalem a heap, a den of jackals, and will make the cities of Judah desolate, without inhabitant.

Who is the wise man that may understand this, who can hear and declare what the mouth of the LORD has spoken concerning the land? Why has it become a desolation like a wilderness, untraveled? And the LORD said: Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,

they have walked after the stubbornness of their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I will feed this people with wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.

I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known; I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them. Thus says the LORD of hosts: Look and call for the mourning women; send for the skillful mourners—let them come.

Let them hasten and run up, let them be summoned; let them lament over us—our eyes flow with tears, our eyelids gush with water.

For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are plundered! We must leave our homes because of the enemy.’

For the women hear the word of the LORD and give ear to the word of his mouth; teach your daughters a lamentation, every woman her neighbor a dirge.

For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares. Thus says the LORD: ‘A cry—behold, the corpses of men lie like dung upon the field, like sheaves behind the reaper; there is none to gather them.’ Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the mighty man boast in his might, nor the rich man boast in his riches. But let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth; for in these I delight, declares the LORD.

Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will visit every one according to his practice: on the circumcised who are merely fleshly.

Behold, I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert—for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.