A Written Record of Jeremiah’s Prophecies
1In the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2Get a scroll and write upon it all the words that I have spoken to you—concerning Israel and Judah and all the nations—from the time I first spoke to you in the days of Josiah to this day. 3Perhaps when the House of Judah hear of all the…
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