Jeremiah 22:8-19: Lessons from past kings: Jehoahaz (Shallum) is exiled to Egypt and dies; Jehoiakim was without righteousness; Jehoiakim sought disonest gain, shed blood, oppressive, violent, received a donkey’s burial.
Jeremiah 21:8-22:7 Lesson 47
Jeremiah 21:8-22:7: Jeremiah warns that Jerusalem should surrender; resistance brings the most serious judgment; injustice and a corrupt society; messages to the last kings of Judah; do righteousness and justice.
Jeremiah 20:14-21:7 Lesson 46
Jeremiah 20:14-21:7: Jeremiah’s personal crisis; he curses his birth; Second invasion, Zedekiah inquires of Jeremiah and his reply; Judah defeated; wrath of God against the city; death by the sword.
Jeremiah 20:7-13 Lesson 45
Jeremiah 20:7-13: Jeremiah’s struggle with his calling; a laughingstock all day; the urge to speak as a burning fire in my heart; the LORD as dread warrior; the LORD tests […]
Jeremiah 19:8-20:6 Lesson 44
Jeremiah 19:8-20:6: Jerusalem’s curse; their starvation to the point of cannabalism; Fifth cycle of discipline; the broken flask; burial at Topheth; Pashhur beats Jeremiah; Pashhur’s condemnation; Judah handed to Babylon.
Jeremiah 18:19-19:7 Lesson 43
Jeremiah 18:19-19:7: Jeremiah appeals to the LORD; his dilemma; his call for severe discipline on his opposition; their plots to kill Jeremiah; do not forgive them; questioning his calling; symbolic […]
Jeremiah 18:13-18:18 Lesson 42
Jeremiah 18.13-18.18: Vassal nation; New covenant; Israel’s unnatural rebellious behavior; virgin Israel; road of blessing; their land a horror; my back and not my face; verbal attacks against Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 17:19-18:12 Lesson 41
Jeremiah 17:19-18:12: Jeremiah burdened by constant opposition; Message on the Sabbath; teaching obedience; If obey, blessing, worship, prosperity; If disobey, cities burned. The Potter’s Vessel; clay in the potter’s hand.
Jeremiah 17:10-18 Lesson 40
Jeremiah 17:10-18: LORD searches the heart, tests the mind; impure motives; presence of the LORD among the people; those forsaking the LORD put to shame; Jeremiah vindicates his ministry; asking […]
Jeremiah 17:1-9 Lesson 39
Jeremiah 17:1-9: Judah’s sins cannot be erased; children involved; Asherim; Cursed is the man who trusts in man; Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD.