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Refusing to Listen to God’s Direction - Jeremiah 8:1 – 8:12 (commentary)

Even the dead would not escape God’s judgment. Jeremiah describes how the enemy will desecrate the graves which was a common practice in the warfare of that day. The bones of those who had died before the fall of Jerusalem would be removed from their graves and exposed to t …

Sword, Famine And Pestilence - Jeremiah 14:1 – 14:12 (commentary)

These verses describe a great drought upon the land (vv. 1-2). One of the covenant curses God threatened to send on the disobedient nation was drought (Duet. 28:22-24). In a land where rainfall is marginal, a drought can have far-reaching effects. As a consequence of the pe …