In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse two, “Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.” Early in Israel’s history, God’s people trusted in […]
In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse nineteen, “And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.” Jeremiah was told that Judah’s kings, officials, priests, and even the people would stand against him and the message he had been called to proclaim,
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In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse eighteen, “For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.” Although Jeremiah was a sensitive young man,
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In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse fourteen, “Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.” This verse refers to the Babylonian campaigns against Judah and the siege of God’s holy city. A massive invasion would come from the north because God’s people
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In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse eleven, “Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.” In ancient times, the almond tree was the first tree to bud in the spring in Israel. The vision implied two things: The Word
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In Jeremiah one, verse ten, “See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.” Jeremiah’s message contained elements of both judgment and restoration; However, because of his place in Judah’s history,
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In Jeremiah one, verse nine, “Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.” God assures Jeremiah that his prophetic message would be inspired by God; his words would be God’s words, as in Romans ten, verse eight,
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In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse eight, “Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah was only a youth at the time of his call; he experienced intense anxiety and fear at the awesome thought of speaking the word of the Lord to the elders of
In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse five, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Before Jeremiah was born, God had already determined that he would be a prophet. Just as God had
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In Jeremiah, chapter one, verse one, “The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.” Jeremiah, called by God to be a prophet to the southern kingdom of Judah. His ministry spanned the last forty years, including the days immediately before the destruction of
