Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
ASV
Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
YLT
Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
DBT
Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
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