SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 38 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “He is in your hands,” King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing to oppose you. [Jeremiah 38:5] In this chapter we see again how weak a king Zedekiah is. He hands over Jeremiah to the one group of people who want to ‘silence’ Jeremiah, and then gives permission to another group to…
faith is not private
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 37 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time. Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?” [Jeremiah 37:16-17] I find this part fascinating, that the king is looking…
it is written
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 36 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: “Take another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. [Jeremiah 36:27-28] We do not, by…
learning from others
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jonadab son of Recab ordered his sons not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather’s command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. [Jeremiah 35:14] The Recabites (or Kenites) were…
as we have forgiven…
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name. But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male…
who’s more reliable?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer…
real estate worth buying!
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’ “I knew that this was the…
weeping towards joy
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more.‘ This is what the Lord says: ‘Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,’ declares the Lord. ‘They…
those whom God restores
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’ [Jeremiah 30:17] On the one hand, God allows His people to be punished for their great shame and guilt; on the other hand, He will restore them…
blessed… to be a blessing
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” [Jeremiah 29:7] Jeremiah advises the exiles to be a blessing wherever God sends them. Yes, even among their oppressors (the Babylonians) –…