Jeremiah (KJV)
52 chapters · 1,364 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah warns Judah of coming judgment for persistent covenant-breaking while pleading for repentance. Amid the sorrow he promises a future restoration and a new covenant written on the heart.
- Genre
- Prophecy (major)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah (with his scribe Baruch)
- First audience
- Judah in its final years before the exile
How to read it: Read prophecy with its near and far horizons; note the prophet's anguish and the interplay of judgment and enduring hope.
It opens: “The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:” (Jeremiah 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Jeremiah
The verses of Jeremiah that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Read Jeremiah with a guide
- Jeremiah: Hope in Hard Times7 days with the weeping prophet6 of 7 days in Jeremiah
- Advent: Waiting with Hope24 days from promise to the manger1 of 24 days in Jeremiah
- Far from Home: Migration & Exile7 days on faith and faithfulness far from home1 of 7 days in Jeremiah
- The Big Story: Genesis to Revelation30 days on the one story the whole Bible tells1 of 30 days in Jeremiah