Archive for October 2024

Jeremiah 47-48, Song of Solomon 2, John 5:31-47, 1 Peter 2:9-17 Jeremiah 47-48: More judgment on the nations. First on Philistia (chapter 47), and then on Moab (chapter 48). For Moab, there is a final respite: “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days” (48:47). But still, this whole section is a litany of…

Jeremiah 44-46, Song of Solomon 1, John 5:16-30, 1 Peter 2:1-8 Jeremiah 44-46: Our section today has three “words” from God given to Jeremiah. The first, in chapter 44, is regarding the Judeans who had gone to live in Egypt. You will remember that Jeremiah had already warned them not to rely on Egypt, but instead to rely…

Jeremiah 39-43, Ecclesiastes 12, John 5:1-15, 1 Peter 1:17-25   Jeremiah 39-43:   How difficult it must have been to see all your prophecies come true and in such a sad way. Because Zedekiah did not listen to Jeremiah, but attempted to hold out in a siege against Babylon, Jerusalem was taken, his children were killed, he was blinded (39:1-10).…

Jeremiah 35-38,  Ecclesiastes 11,  John 4:43-54,  1 Peter 1:10-16   Jeremiah 35-38:   Jeremiah receives word from God to ask the Rechabites to come to God’s house and there offer them wine to drink (35:2). They refuse to drink wine because their forefather had commanded them not to do so and given them other rules by which…

Jeremiah 32-34,  Ecclesiastes 10,  John 4:27-42,  1 Peter 1:1-9   Jeremiah 32-34:   Jeremiah, like many a faithful preacher since (cf. Paul and John Bunyan), was in prison for faithfully proclaiming God’s word (32:2-3). His message has been that Jerusalem will fall to the Babylonians. But now, surprise, surprise, God tells Jeremiah to buy a field (32:6-8).…

Jeremiah 30-31,  Ecclesiastes 9,  John 4:15-26,  James 5:13-20  Jeremiah 30-31:   Jeremiah is now told that God will restore Israel (30:3). So certain is this restoration to come that he is to make sure that he writes the words of his prophecy “in a book” (30:2). The words of God’s prophets were meant to be recorded…

Jeremiah 26-29,  Ecclesiastes 8,  John 4:1-14,  James 5:7-12   Jeremiah 26-29:   Speaking truth in love—tough words, however gently delivered—is no easy task. But it is one to which Jeremiah is called. But he must stand in the court of the LORD’s house (26:2), in a public place, right in the holy realm, and declare God’s judgment…

Jeremiah 23-25,  Ecclesiastes 7:15-29,  John 3:22-36,  James 5:1-6   Jeremiah 23-25:   Jeremiah begins this section by exposing the immorality, hypocrisy, and downright laziness of the false shepherds and false prophets at the time. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! (23:1). Instead, he will, in the future, set over them…