Jeremiah 1:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

My name is Jeremiah. I am a priest, and my father Hilkiah and everyone else in my family are from Anathoth in the territory of the Benjamin tribe. This book contains the things that the Lord told me to say.

Cross References

Jeremiah 11:21

Then the Lord said: Jeremiah, some men from Anathoth say they will kill you, if you keep on speaking for me.

2 Chronicles 36:21

Judah was an empty desert, and it stayed that way for 70 years, to make up for all the years it was not allowed to rest. These things happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had said.

1 Chronicles 6:60

From the Benjamin tribe they were given the towns of Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth and the pastureland around them. Thirteen towns were given to Aaron's descendants.

Amos 7:10

Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel, “Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up with his message for very long.

Amos 1:1

I am Amos. And I raised sheep near the town of Tekoa when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. Two years before the earthquake, the Lord gave me several messages about Israel,

Isaiah 1:1

I am Isaiah, the son of Amoz. And this is the message that I was given about Judah and Jerusalem when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah:

Isaiah 2:1

This is the message I was given about Judah and Jerusalem:

Matthew 2:17

So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet Jeremiah had said,

Matthew 16:14

The disciples answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah or Jeremiah or some other prophet.”

Matthew 27:9

So the words of the prophet Jeremiah came true, “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of a person among the people of Israel.

1 Kings 2:26

Solomon sent for Abiathar the priest and said: Abiathar, go back home to Anathoth! You ought to be killed too, but I won't do it now. When my father David was king, you were in charge of the sacred chest, and you went through a lot of hard times with my father.

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah the prophet wrote a funeral song in honor of Josiah. And since then, anyone in Judah who mourns the death of Josiah sings that song. It is included in the collection of funeral songs.

2 Chronicles 36:12

He disobeyed the Lord his God and refused to change his ways, even after a warning from Jeremiah, the Lord's prophet.

Ezra 1:1

Years ago the Lord sent Jeremiah with a message about a promise for the people of Israel. Then in the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord kept his promise by telling Cyrus to send this official message to all parts of his kingdom:

Isaiah 10:30

Loud crying can be heard in the towns of Gallim, Laishah, and sorrowful Anathoth.

Jeremiah 29:27

Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him?

Jeremiah 30:1

The Lord God of Israel said, “Jeremiah, get a scroll and write down everything I have told you.

Jeremiah 37:12

So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land.