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God tells Jeremiah to write all these prophecies on a scroll. Jeremiah hires Baruch to scribe it all on the scroll. The scroll is read at the temple, read to the king’s officials, confiscated, read to the king, and burnt. God tells Jeremiah to write it all again. Baruch scribes it all again. Today, weContinue reading “Jeremiah 36”

The Rechabites. First, there is an interesting summary statement about all the prophets in verse 15 of the chapter. There have been a few other times we have seen this statement in Jeremiah. It is a great way to remember the overall message of the book. Sometimes we get bogged down in details and wonderingContinue reading “Jeremiah 35”

Judgment Restoration Repeat This is the message of the prophets. This is the message of these two chapters, in reverse order.

“This is what the Lord says…” “…declares the Lord.” Over and again, we see this refrain, which is an attention grabber. Listen up! “Who is he who will devote himself to be close to Me?” declares the Lord. “May it be me,” I say. — Next chapter: you read this prophecy that goes on forContinue reading “Jeremiah 30-32”

Write in a book. God told Jeremiah to write all these prophecies down in a book. You don’t usually think of people back then having books, but sure enough they did. For some reason, many people think that books weren’t around until after the printing press made by Gutenburg. Alas, they were around, just notContinue reading “Jeremiah 30:1-2”

There is a lot more to consider in this chapter than verse 11. For some reason, people have taken that verse and made it a slogan on graduate gifts, coffee mugs, and decor for the home. The verse comes in the middle of a letter Jeremiah sends to the exiles in Babylon. They are justContinue reading “Jeremiah 29”

The message of chapter 27 lines up perfectly with the message that the Lord gave to Habakkuk. It is a good thing the Lord doesn’t send confusion. He tells both prophets plainly that the Babylonians will come in, conquer, and become the next world power. Then, when their time has come for judgment, the LordContinue reading “Jeremiah 27-28”