Quotes About Message

This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiahís reign.

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.

Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ëThis is what the Lord GOD says,í whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ëThis is what the Lord GOD says.í Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.