Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
WEB
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
YLT
Hear, and give ear--be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.
DBT
Hear ye, and give ear, be not lifted up; for Jehovah hath spoken.
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