In Jeremiah, chapter three, verse twelve, “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.” The remnant of Israel living in […]
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In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse thirty-two, “Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.” Jeremiah reveals the intense grief and sorrow of God because of the people’s unfaithfulness. They had done the unthinkable in forgetting the One who had redeemed them from Egypt
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In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse nineteen, “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.” Sin often brings
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In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse thirteen, “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” God’s people under the old covenant committed two fundamental sins: First, they forsook the Lord, the only One who could give
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In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse eight, “The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.” The priests were so insensitive to the presence and power of God
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In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse five, “Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?” Israel had broken their covenant with God, even though He had remained faithful to them. All believers are confronted with the
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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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