In Jeremiah, chapter seven, verse three, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.” God gives yet another call to the people to repent of their evil ways. However, as long as they believed, they were secure […]
In Jeremiah, chapter six, verses one through thirty, is a chapter that describes the great destruction soon to be inflicted upon Jerusalem and its impenitent people; this word was fulfilled in Jeremiah’s lifetime. Jeremiah both warned Judah and Jerusalem, calling them to repentance. If the people would only turn to God and renew their covenant
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In Jeremiah, chapter five, verse thirty-one, “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” Those who had been entrusted with the spiritual well-being of the nation were guilty of treachery against their God. The
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In Jeremiah, chapter five, verse twenty-two, “Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar,
In Jeremiah, chapter five, verse twelve, “They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:” The temptation is always strong to believe that God will overlook our sins and not send the judgment about which the word warns. Many of
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In Jeremiah, chapter five, verse ten, “Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.” The people professed to be the Lord’s, as in chapter three, verse four, “Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou
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In Jeremiah five, verses one through nine, beginning from the first, “Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.”
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In Jeremiah four, verses three through thirty-one, describe the desolation that would soon come upon God’s people because of their sin and apostasy; they would learn how evil and bitter it was to forsake the Lord, as in chapter two, verse nineteen, “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know
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In Jeremiah, chapter three, verses sixteen through nineteen, “And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall
In Jeremiah three, verse fifteen, “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.” Jeremiah pictures a day when God’s nation would have pastors who lived according to God’s word and imparted life through their understanding of it. Because they know God’s heart, they would know
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