Jeremiah 1:1 - Easy To Read Version These are the messages of Jeremiah. Jeremiah was the son of a man named Hilkiah. Jeremiah belonged to the family of priests that lived in the city of Anathoth. {\cf2\super [1]} That city is in the land that belongs to the family group of Benjamin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE WORDS of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin [two or three miles north of Jerusalem], American Standard Version (1901) The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: Common English Bible These are the words of Jeremiah, Hilkiah’s son, who was one of the priests from Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. Catholic Public Domain Version The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. |
Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “I should kill you, but I will let you go back to your home in Anathoth. I will not kill you now because you helped to carry the Holy Box [8] of the Lord while marching with my father David. And I know that you shared in the hard times, just like my father.”
From the family group of Benjamin they got the cities of Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. They got all those cities and the fields around them.
Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing those sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. Those songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.
Zedekiah didn’t do the things the Lord wanted him to do. Zedekiah sinned against the Lord. Jeremiah the prophet spoke messages from the Lord. But Zedekiah didn’t humble himself and obey the things Jeremiah said.
And so the things the Lord told the people of Israel through the prophet Jeremiah really happened. The Lord had said through Jeremiah: “This place will be an empty wasteland for 70 years. {\cf2\super [456]} This will happen to make up for the Sabbath rests {\cf2\super [457]} that the people didn’t do.”
During the first year {\cf2\super [1]} that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord encouraged Cyrus to make an announcement. Cyrus put that announcement in writing and had it read every place in his kingdom. This happened so that the Lord’s message that was spoken through Jeremiah {\cf2\super [2]} would truly happen. This is the announcement:
This is the vision {\cf2\super [1]} of Isaiah son of Amoz. God showed Isaiah things that would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah saw these things during the time Uzziah, {\cf2\super [2]} Jotham, {\cf2\super [3]} Ahaz, {\cf2\super [4]} and Hezekiah {\cf2\super [5]} were kings of Judah.
Cry out, Bath Gallim! {\cf2\super [130]} Laishah, listen! Anathoth, answer me!
The men from Anathoth were planning to kill Jeremiah. Those men said to Jeremiah, “Don’t prophesy {\cf2\super [100]} in the name of the Lord, or we will kill you.” The Lord made a decision about those men from Anathoth.
Now, Jeremiah is acting like a prophet. So why have you not arrested him?
Jeremiah wanted to travel from Jerusalem to the land of Benjamin. {\cf2\super [320]} He was going there to attend a division of some property that belonged to his family.
During the first year that Darius was king, I, Daniel, was reading some books. In the books, I saw that the Lord told Jeremiah how many years would pass before Jerusalem would be built again. The Lord said 70 years would pass.
The message of Amos. Amos was one of the shepherds from the city Tekoa. Amos saw visions {\cf2\super [1]} about Israel during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and during the time that Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel. This was two years before the earthquake.
Amaziah, a priest at Bethel, {\cf2\super [91]} sent this message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel: “Amos is making plans against you. He is trying to make the people of Israel fight against you. \{He has been speaking so much that\} this country can’t hold all his words.
The followers answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptizer. Other people say you are Elijah. {\cf2\super [226]} And some people say that you are Jeremiah {\cf2\super [227]} or one of the prophets. {\cf2\super [228]} ”
So the thing God said through the prophet {\cf2\super [30]} Jeremiah happened:
So the thing happened that Jeremiah the prophet {\cf2\super [423]} said: