How many chapters are in Jeremiah?
Jeremiah has 52 chapters and 1,364 verses. The King James Version text of Jeremiah runs 42,693 words, about 2 hours 59 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 24 of the 66 books of the Bible (24th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 1st longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Jeremiah
The longest chapter is Jeremiah 51 with 64 verses; the shortest is Jeremiah 45 with 5.
Longest and shortest verse in Jeremiah
Longest: Jeremiah 21:7, 83 words in the KJV.
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Shortest: Jeremiah 32:13, 7 words in the KJV.
And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
How Jeremiah begins and ends
First verse, Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Last verse, Jeremiah 52:34
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Jeremiah in our topic collections
30 verses from Jeremiah appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Orphans (5 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Healing (3 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Dreams (3 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Widows (3 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Guidance (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Divorce (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About God's Love (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Prayer (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Blessings (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Pride (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Betrayal (2 from Jeremiah)
- Bible Verses About Hope (1 from Jeremiah)
Jeremiah: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Jeremiah?
Jeremiah has 52 chapters. The longest chapter is Jeremiah 51 with 64 verses; the shortest is Jeremiah 45 with 5.
How many verses are in Jeremiah?
Jeremiah has 1,364 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Jeremiah?
About 2 hours 59 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 42,693 words and the World English Bible text is 40,543 words.
What is the longest verse in Jeremiah?
Jeremiah 21:7 is the longest verse in Jeremiah, at 83 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Jeremiah 32:13 (7 words): "And I charged Baruch before them, saying,"
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.