Tag: jeremiah

The biggest headline of Jeremiah’s day was: ‘Nebuchadnezzar conquers another city!’ Former enemies were rallying together to try to stop Bablyon’s advance (v.3). But, God had chosen Bablyon for the time to subdue not only His rebellious people but many

Human beings have a long history of wanting to blame others for their own mistakes. As far back as the first sin, we see Adam blaming Eve and Eve blaming the serpent. This ‘blame-game’ has led to the saying, ‘Don’t

“For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the

God has a will for our lives. In His will is the best place to be. Yet, we also have a will for our own lives. Our will is usually much different than God’s. What we think is best for

It has been said that everything rises and falls on leadership. That certainly seems to be the case in Jeremiah 23. God begins by warning and pronouncing ‘woe’ to the leaders of Israel who were like shepherds who scattered the

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

“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