Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
ASV
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
WEB
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
DBT
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
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