1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 "Take
a scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you
concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations,
from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to
this day.
3 "Perhaps
the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on
them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will
forgive their iniquity and their sin."