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 in regard to the drought: 2 “Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. 3 “Their nobles have sent their servants for water; […]
Month: March 2018
Be Good for Something
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 13 The Ruined Waistband 13 Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” 2 So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the Lord and put it around my waist. 3 Then the […]
Obedient yet Suffering
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 11-12 The Broken Covenant 11 The word which 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, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Cursed is the man who does not […]
Worshipping False Gods
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 9:23-10:25 23 Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the […]
Wiser than the Animals
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 8:4-9:22 4 “You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent? 5 “Why then has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return. 6 “I have listened and heard, They […]
Moving Forward
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8:3 False Religion Worthless 7 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message: “‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. 3 This is what […]
Religious Duty Will Never Suffice
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 5-6 Not One Is Upright 5 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city. 2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ still they […]
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 Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she […]
Faith Misplaced
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 2:1-3:5 Judah’s Apostasy 2 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land […]
Abandon My Way for His Way
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 1 Jeremiah’s Call and Commission 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of […]