The hard life of a prophet

August 3, 2014

A short prophecy against the nations, and more warnings for Judah, including a reason for the drought and the inevitability of …

Jeremiah told to ‘pray no more’

August 2, 2014

Jeremiah weeps for Judah’s sin and idolatry and starts to prepare the people for worse to come; people from his home town …

July 31, 2014

Jeremiah’s prophecies against the nations; Jeremiah compiles all his prophecies into one set of scrolls, which are read by Baruch, …

July 29, 2014

Jehoiakim kills the prophet Uriah and his people threaten to kill Jeremiah for prophesying the destruction of the Temple, but older, …

July 28, 2014

Jeremiah’s temple sermon about the coming invasion of Judah: Jeremiah 19; 26:1-7, 22, 7–8:17 Jeremiah didn’t pull his punches. The Temple …

July 27, 2014

Jeremiah prophesies over the Philistines and Moab; Josiah dies in battle and is succeeded by Jehoahaz, who Egypt captures and …

July 25, 2014

God gives Judah one last chance through Jeremiah; Nahum prophesies the fall of Ninevah; Zephaniah calls Judah to repentance or …

July 24, 2014

Jeremiah starts prophesying over Judah: Jeremiah 1–5:19 Jeremiah prophesied for more than 40 years, starting in the 13th year of Josiah’s …