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The Book of Jeremiah

Jeremiah is book 13 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Nevi'im. It has 52 chapters and 1,364 verses.

Updated September 19, 2026

יִרְמְיָהוּ

Section
Nevi'im
Chapters
52
Verses
1,364
Longest chapter
51 (64 verses)

What Jeremiah is about

Jeremiah prophesied in the last decades of the kingdom of Judah and lived through the destruction of Jerusalem. The book mixes warnings, laments and the prophet's own struggles with his mission, along with promises of return and of a new covenant written on the heart.

Opening verse

דִּבְרֵי יִרְמְיָהוּ בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּהוּ מִן־הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲנָתוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן׃

THE WORDS of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Jeremiah 1:1

Chapters