Jeremiah
Babylon Will be Disgraced
Jeremiah now focuses on Judah’s enemy, the empire of Babylon. Babylon sinned in proudly destroying Judah. God is not pleased with those who rejoice in destroying others and brag about it. Because of this he vowed to disgrace Babylon by destroying it so completely that those …
Live to Influence, Not be Influenced
In this passage, Jeremiah accuses God of not helping him when he really needed it (vv. 15-18). Keep in mind God had promised ultimately to deliver and vindicate Jeremiah (v. 11), but he wanted God to avenge him of his persecutors. Though God was long-suffering, Jeremiah hoped for …
Speaking to People Who Would Not Hear
This closing part of Jeremiah’s sermon focuses on the invading Babylonian army, from the north, and the devastation it would bring to Jerusalem and Judah (vv. 1-2). At this time the city and the country seemed secure and they were under no apprehension of danger. Jeremiah t …
Jeremiah Goes Free
In our study today we will see how the people are led by the deceitfulness of the flesh into that place of utter and insolent rebellion against God which marked the very nature of their downfall. In this chapter we have the account of Jeremiah’s experience after the capture …
The People Refuse to Worship The Lord
Jews from both Northern and Southern Egypt listened to what the Lord had to say through Jeremiah (v. 15). The men knew that their wives burned incense to other gods. It was an act of open defiance, when they shouted, “We don’t care what you say or what God says. …
Jerusalem is Captured
It is thought that chapter 52 of the book of Jeremiah was written approximately 25 years after the rest of the book. No one knows for sure who wrote this chapter but it is thought that he was also responsible for completing the book of II Kings. It is nearly identical to II Kings …
Jeremiah Gives Seraiah a Scroll:
It was God’s plan that Babylon must fall because she was responsible for killing many Israelites (v.49). However God makes it clear that there is no future in Babylon and anyone who chooses to remain in Babylon will suffer the fate of the city. On the other hand, if they re …
God Sees Everything
In order to get the attention of the people, God sometimes asked the prophets to do unusual things. In the case of Jeremiah, the Lord forbade him from participating in three activities. The first restriction was not to marry (vv. 1-4). God’s purpose for this was to show that …
There is Nothing too Hard For God
After making everything official and the papers are notarized concerning the land he just purchased (v. 16), Jeremiah breaks out into prayer and praise (v. 17): “Ah Lord God! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. And there …
What The Lord Says About Egypt
This takes us back to the year 605 B.C., when Nebuchadnezzar first came up against Judah. He was met by the armies of Egypt at the city of Carchemish on the Euphrates River, and there one of the great strategic battles of all history was fought (vv. 1-2). Here Jeremiah is describ …