Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable--who doth know it?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?
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