‘The great and powerful Lord is saying to you, “Listen! I will do all the really bad things that I promised to do. I will destroy this city and the villages near to it. I will do it because the people in them did not listen to me. I will do it because they would not obey my words.”’ Jeremiah 19:15

「萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：我必使我所說的一切災禍臨到這城和屬城的一切城邑，因為他們硬着頸項不聽我的話。」 耶利米書 19:15

‘You Jewish people are in my hands. I hold you as the potter holds the clay in his hands.
Jeremiah 18:6

「耶和華說：以色列家啊，我待你們，豈不能照這窰匠弄泥嗎？以色列家啊，泥在窰匠的手中怎樣，你們在我的手中也怎樣。
耶利米書 18:6

A person’s mind may deceive him and cause trouble. It is sick and nobody can make it better. Nobody can completely understand it. But I, the Lord, can look inside a person’s thoughts. I can see what he thinks and what he feels. I see how each person lives, and I see the things that they do. I give to each one what is right, good or bad. Jeremiah 17:9‭-‬10

人心比萬物都詭詐， 壞到極處， 誰能識透呢？ 我－耶和華是鑒察人心、試驗人肺腑的， 要照各人所行的和他做事的結果報應他。
耶利米書 17:9‭-‬10

Lord, you are the person who makes me strong. You are like a city with strong walls – a city that I can hide in. I can hide in you when troubles happen to me. People will come to you from countries all over the earth. They will say, ‘Our ancestors had only false gods. They did not have any power and they did not help us. Jeremiah 16:19

耶和華啊，你是我的力量， 是我的保障； 在苦難之日是我的避難所。 列國人必從地極來到你這裏， 說：我們列祖所承受的， 不過是虛假，是虛空無益之物。 耶利米書 16:19

So the Lord spoke to me. ‘If you will turn to me, I will take you back. Then you can be my servant. If you will speak good words and not bad words, you can speak for me. These people will return to you, but you must not become like them. Jeremiah 15:19

耶和華如此說：你若歸回， 我就將你再帶來， 使你站在我面前； 你若將寶貴的和下賤的分別出來， 你就可以當作我的口。 他們必歸向你， 你卻不可歸向他們。 耶利米書 15:19

Gods that men made from wood and stone belong to other countries. They cannot bring rain. The sky itself does not make rain. No, you our Lord, our God, you bring rain. Only you can do all these things. So we hope that you will help us. Jeremiah 14:22

外邦人虛無的神中有能降雨的嗎？ 天能自降甘霖嗎？ 耶和華－我們的上帝啊， 能如此的不是你嗎？ 所以，我們仍要等候你， 因為這一切都是你所造的。 耶利米書 14:22

Listen to me. Listen very carefully. Do not think that you do not need to listen! The Lord has spoken. Give honour to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark. Then your feet will not find the path, as the hills become dark. You want it to get light. But God will make it very dark. Jeremiah 13:15‭-‬16

你們當聽，當側耳而聽。 不要驕傲，因為耶和華已經說了。 耶和華－你們的上帝未使黑暗來到， 你們的腳未在昏暗山上絆跌之先， 當將榮耀歸給他； 免得你們盼望光明， 他使光明變為死蔭， 成為幽暗。 耶利米書 13:15‭-‬16

You always judge me in a good and fair way Lord, when I tell you about my problems. But I must ask you some questions. Why do bad people have such an easy life? Why does everything seem to happen in the way that pleases them? Why do you help the people who do not obey you to be very comfortable? Jeremiah 12:1

耶和華啊，我與你爭辯的時候， 你顯為義； 但有一件，我還要與你理論： 惡人的道路為何亨通呢？ 大行詭詐的為何得安逸呢？ 耶利米書 12:1

I gave those rules to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was a place of punishment for them, but I brought them out from there. At that time, I said to them, ‘Listen to me. Obey everything that I say to you. Then you will be my people and I will be your God. Jeremiah 11:4

這約是我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來、脫離鐵爐的那日所吩咐他們的，說：『你們要聽從我的話，照我一切所吩咐的去行。』這樣，你們就作我的子民，我也作你們的上帝； 耶利米書 11:4

But the Lord is really the only God. He is the God who is alive. He is the King who will always be alive. When he is angry, the earth moves like a leaf in the wind. When he is angry, the people in a country cannot stand. Jeremiah 10:10

惟耶和華是真上帝， 是活上帝，是永遠的王。 他一發怒，大地震動； 他一惱恨，列國都擔當不起。
耶利米書 10:10