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In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-seven, verse six, “And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.” Nebuchadnezzar is called God’s servant, not because God would use him and his army to punish […]

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-six, verses twelve through fifteen, “Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. Therefore, now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-six, verse eight, “Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.” Because of Jeremiah’s proclamation from the

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-six, verse two, “Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word.” Knowing that his prophecy would offend

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-five, verse twelve, “And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.” Jeremiah prophesies that God would repay Babylon for its

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-five, verse eleven, “And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Judah would remain in exile for approximately seventy years. The seventy years began in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim, when the first set of exiles were

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-five, verse three, “From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.” Jeremiah

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-five, verse one, “the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” This year was important because Nebuchadnezzar’s reign marked the beginning of four successive kingdoms

In Jeremiah, chapter twenty-four, verses one through ten, the historical background for the parable of the two baskets of figs is the beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. Nebuchadnezzar had just deported Jehoiachin and many other Israelites to Babylon. Zedekiah and those who remained behind had been spared the judgment of God; Therefore, they believed Jeremiah’s prophecies

In Jeremiah chapter twenty-three, verses nine through forty, Jeremiah denounces the sin of the false prophets, who had opposed his message of doom, as in chapter six, verses thirteen to fourteen, chapter fourteen to sixteen, and chapter twenty-nine, verses eight to nine, and proclaimed only peace and prosperity. Jeremiah placed the responsibility for Judah’s deplorable