Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
ASV
Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
YLT
Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
DBT
Hear the word that Jehovah speaketh unto you, house of Israel.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile