Lexicon :: Strong's H3318 - yāṣā'

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],

And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];

I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

“From Egypt also you will come away [as captives]

With your hands on your head;

For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust (confide),

And you will not be successful with them.”

“Circumcise (dedicate, sanctify) yourselves to the LORD

And remove the foreskin [sins] of your heart,

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Or else My wrath will go forth like fire [consuming all that gets in its way]

And burn and there will be no one to quench it,

Because of the evil of your acts.”

“A lion has left his lair,

And a destroyer of nations is on his way.

He has gone out from his place

To desolate your land;

Your cities will be in ruins

Without an inhabitant.

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,

A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,

A leopard is watching their cities.

Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,

Because their transgressions are many,

Their desertions of faith are countless.

Do not go out into the field

Nor walk on the road,

For the enemy is armed with the sword;

Terror is on every side.

“At that time,” says the LORD, “they [the Babylonian army] will bring out from their graves the [fn]bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;

[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;

For they proceed from evil to evil,

And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the LORD.

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of [fn]waters in the heavens,

And He causes the clouds and the mist to ascend from the end of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain,

And brings out the wind from His treasuries and from His storehouses.

My tent is destroyed,

And all my [tent] cords are broken;

My children have been taken from me [as captives] and are no more.

There is no one to stretch out my tent again

And to set up my [tent] curtains.

‘If I go out into the field,

Then I gaze on those slaughtered with the sword!

And if I enter the city,

Then I gaze on [those tormented with] the diseases of famine!

For both prophet and priest [who should have guided the people]

Go about [bewildered and exiled] in a land (Babylon) that they do not know or understand.’”

Then the LORD said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me [interceding for them], My heart would still not be [turned with favor] toward this people [Judah]. Send them away from My presence and out of My sight and let them go!

Therefore, thus says the LORD [to Jeremiah],

“If you repent [and give up this mistaken attitude of despair and self-pity], then I will restore you [to a state of inner peace]

So that you may stand before Me [as My obedient representative];

And if you separate the precious from the worthless [examining yourself and cleansing your heart from unwarranted doubt concerning My faithfulness],

You will become My spokesman.

Let the people turn to you [and learn to value My values]—

But you, you must not turn to them [with regard for their idolatry and wickedness].

Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and stand in the [fn]public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and [stand] also in all the gates of Jerusalem;

Why did I come out of the womb

To see trouble and sorrow,

So that my days have been filled with shame?

“Administer justice in the morning,

And rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor,

That My wrath will not roar up like fire

And burn so [hotly] that none can extinguish it,

Because of the evil of their deeds.

For thus says the LORD in regard to Shallum (Jehoahaz) the [third] son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went from this place, “Shallum will not return here anymore;

“Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts in regard to the prophets,

‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood

And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall],

For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem

Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’”

“Behold, the tempest of the LORD has gone forth in wrath,

A whirling tempest;

It will whirl and burst on the heads of the wicked.

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, evil is going forth

From nation to nation,

And a great whirling tempest is rising

From the remotest part of the earth.

‘From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving

And the voices of those who dance and celebrate.

And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number];

I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.

‘Their prince will be one of them,

And their ruler will come forward from among them.

I will bring him near and he shall approach Me,

For who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to risk his life to approach Me?’ says the LORD.

Behold, the tempest of the LORD!

Wrath has gone forth,

A sweeping and gathering tempest;

It will burst on the head of the wicked.

“Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt,

O Virgin Israel!

You will again be adorned with your tambourines and [fn]timbrels

And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘If you will go out and surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live and this city will not be burned with fire; and you and your household will live.