In The Word Read: Jeremiah 17:19-18:23 The Sabbath Must Be Kept 19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say to them, ‘Listen to the […]
A Matter Of The Heart
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 16-17:18 Distresses Foretold 16 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their […]
Consequences
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 14-15 Drought and a Prayer for Mercy 14 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the drought: 2 “Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. 3 Their nobles have sent their servants […]
Be Good For Something
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 13 The Ruined Undergarment 13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” 2 So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it […]
Obedient Yet Suffering
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 11-12 The Broken Covenant 11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;3 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “Cursed is […]
Worshipping False Gods
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 9:23-10:25 23 This is what the Lord says: “Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast of his might, nor a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let the one who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that […]
Wiser Than The Animals
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 8:4-9:22 4 “You shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do people fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not repent? 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold on to deceit, They refuse to return. 6 I have listened […]
Moving Forward
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8:3 Message at the Temple Gate 7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship […]
Religious Duty Will Never Suffice
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 5-6 Jerusalem’s Godlessness 5 “Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, And look and take notice. And seek in her public squares, If you can find a person, If there is one who does justice, who seeks honesty, Then I will forgive her. 2 And although they say, ‘As the […]
Come Back To The Father
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 3:6-4:31 Faithless Israel 6 Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there. 7 Yet I thought, ‘After she has done all these […]