Month: July 2022

This chapter details Judah’s 70 year captivity in Babylon, and the “cup of the wine of wrath” from which many nations will be forced to drink (metaphorically). ” ‘For twenty-three years… I [Jeremiah] have spoken persistently to you, but you have… neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to…

This chapter contains Jeremiah’s vision from God about two baskets of figs. “…the Lord showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord. One basket had very good figs… but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten… ‘Thus says the…

This chapter contains a prophesy of Jesus (‘the righteous branch from David’), and a significant commentary on false prophets. “Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and because of his holy words. For…

This chapter conveys warnings from God to several members of the royal bloodline including the current king, his son, and their cousins. ” ‘Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages, who says,…

In this chapter King Zedekiah enquires of Jeremiah if the Lord will help them against the Babylonians who are besieging Judah. God speaks through Jeremiah saying their two options are to die, or surrender into captivity. ” ‘And to this people you shall say: “Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way…

This chapter is figuratively all over the place. Pashhur the priest, son of the head priest, beats Jeremiah and puts him into stocks for prophesying. Once released, Jeremiah prophesies to Pashhur against his household and Judah. The second half of the chapter is a lamenting psalm from Jeremiah, who seems to have very mixed emotions…

This chapter declares a prophesy of destruction against Judah for their continued sin and unrepentance. “Thus says the Lord, ‘Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests… and proclaim there the words that I tell you… Then you shall break…

This chapter is interesting. It begins with Jeremiah observing a potter remaking a vessel, and God using this as analogy for how He’ll remake His people. It ends with Jeremiah lamenting and inviting God’s wrath upon his enemies. ” ‘Hear me, O Lord, and listen to the voice of my adversaries. Should good be repaid…