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How we treat those less fortunate than ourselves says alot about us. The corruption of King Shallum, son of Josiah, in Jeremiah 22, was revealed by how he treated the oppressed, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow (v.3). He
Jerusalem was surrounded by the Babylonians. King Zedekiah was obviously concerned. In desperation, he turned to the only one he thought could get a message from God – Jeremiah. He hoped that Jeremiah would tell him that God was going
Angered by Jeremiah’s prophesies and preaching, Pashur beat Jeremiah and put him in stocks. The next day, when he was released Jeremiah kept on prophesying. He told Pashur that the city would be taken and that that he and his
Jeremiah took a clay bottle and smashed it. The sound reverberated throughout the valley and off the city walls. Onlooking rulers of the Jerusalem tried to keep their faces straight. “What was Jeremiah doing?” His was attempting to illustrate, as
“Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine
“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord…Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.” Jeremiah 17:5,7
“Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.” Jeremiah 16:21 God’s told Jeremiah that His judgment on
Jeremiah was being faithful to give God’s Word and do God’s Will, but things were not easy for him. He had not done wrong, yet all the people cursed him (v.10). The Lord promised Him that things would go well
Jeremiah 14 is a very sad chapter. The land is ransacked by military invasion, famine, drought, and disease. People are dying everywhere. The people cry out to God for mercy (v.7-9). They plead with Him to deliver and not forsake
Sin promises everything. Instead it destroys everything and leaves nothing. God illustrates this with a linen girdle (belt/sash). He tells Jeremiah to wear the girdle or belt for a while, keep it nice, and then take it to a hole
