Study Desk

"‘Look,' says Adonai , ‘I will send for many fishermen, and they will fish for them. Afterwards, I will send for many hunters; and they will hunt them from every mountain and hill and out of caves in the rocks.

For I see all their ways; they are not hidden from me; their crimes are not concealed from my eyes.

First, I will pay them back double for their crimes and sins; because they have defiled the land which is mine; they have filled my heritage with the corpses of their horrors and abominations.'"

"Therefore, I will make them know, once and for all, I will make them know my power and my might. Then they will know that my name is Adonai .

You will relinquish your hold on your heritage which I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know. For you have kindled my fiery anger, and it will burn forever."

He will be like a tamarisk in the ‘Aravah — when relief comes, it is unaffected; for it lives in the sun-baked desert, in salty, uninhabited land.

Heal me, Adonai , and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for you are my praise.

As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd who follows you; you know I didn't want this fatal day; what came from my lips has been clear to you.

However, if you will pay careful heed to me," says Adonai "and carry nothing through the gates of this city on Shabbat, but instead make Shabbat a day which is holy and not for doing work;

"So now, tell the people of Y'hudah and those living in Yerushalayim that this is what Adonai says: ‘I am designing disaster for you, working out my plan against you. Turn, each of you, from his evil ways; improve your conduct and actions.'

Then they said, "Let's develop a plan for dealing with Yirmeyahu. Torah won't be lost from the cohanim, or counsel from the wise, or words from the prophets. So come, let's destroy him with slander; and meanwhile, we won't pay attention to anything he says."

Is good to be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit [to trap] me. Remember how I stood before you and spoke well of them, in order to turn your anger away from them?

let screams be heard from their houses when you bring raiders on them without warning. For they have dug a pit to catch me and have laid snares for my feet.

I will nullify the plans of Y'hudah and Yerushalayim in this place. I will have them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hand of those seeking their lives, and I will give their corpses as food for the birds in the air and the wild animals.

and say to them, ‘ Adonai -Tzva'ot says that this is how I will break this people and this city, just as one smashes a potter's vessel beyond the possibility of repair. The dead will be buried in Tofet, because there will be no space left for burial [anywhere else].

For this is what Adonai says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, while you watch. I will hand over all of Y'hudah to the king of Bavel, and he will carry them off captive to Bavel and put them to the sword.

Whenever I speak, I have to cry out; I shout, "Violence!" and "Destruction!" Thus the word of Adonai becomes for me the cause of reproach and derision all day!

I have heard many whispering their plot: "‘Terror in every direction'? Denounce him! Let's denounce him!" Even all my close friends are watching for me to make a false step — "Maybe he can be tricked, then we'll get the better of him, then we'll take our revenge on him."

Adonai -Tzva'ot, you who test the righteous and see people's hearts and thoughts, let me see you take vengeance on them, for I have committed my cause to you.

Sing to Adonai ! Praise Adonai ! For he rescues those in need from the clutches of evildoers.