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 [More >>>]
Sep 042009
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 [More >>>]
Aug 272009
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 [More >>>]
Aug 082009
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 [More >>>]
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