Jeremiah 38:28 And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. I have a couple of thoughts about chapter 37-38. First, why would the Egyptians come to help the Israelites? In chapter 37, Babylon temporarily abandons its siege of Israel because the Egyptian army appears at the…
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Blatant Disrespect
Jeremiah 36 This chapter tells of the Jeremiah and a scroll. God told him to have a scribe write down all his prophecies and words from God in the hopes that by seeing what was going to happen, the King would be afraid and repent. Instead, when the king read the words, he cut them…
Yokes
Jeremiah 28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the Yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. Hananiah was prophecying that the Babylonians would return the captives and all the temple treasure and that Israel would be free of the yoke of bondage within two years. Jeremiah knew he wasn’t really giving the people a word from…
Paying Attention
Jeremiah 25:3 “For the past twenty-three years … the Lord has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you but you have not listened.” I didn’t realize that Jeremiah had been warning the Israelites for 23 years! Good grief! That’s a long time – for God to keep warning and…
Hurting Ourselves
Jeremiah 7:19“Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the Lord. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.” This verse made me think of our culture. We go around pretending that there is no God or that He is impersonal and uninterested in our lives. It gives us a feeling that we…
Discarded
Jeremiah 6:16So now the Lord says, “Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘ No that’s not the road we want!’” Israel is determined to do things her own way, falling in with…
