2:20 “Indeed, 1 long ago you threw off my authority
and refused to be subject to me. 2
You said, ‘I will not serve you.’ 3
Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill
and under every green tree,
like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers. 4
10:7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, 5
because you deserve to be revered. 6
For there is no one like you
among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. 7
28:1 The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. 8 The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah 9 in the Lord’s temple in the presence of the priests and all the people. 10
31:23 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 11 says,
“I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns.
When I do, they will again say 12 of Jerusalem, 13
‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain,
the place where righteousness dwells.’ 14
40:7 Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern 19 the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon. 20