Jeremiah’s confusion: God’s reply
Israel’s future restoration: Jeremiah 32–33, 30–31 The deluge of negative words over Jerusalem also had its effect on Jeremiah. After God …
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Fear of God or fear of people?
Zedekiah releases then ‘unreleases’ slaves; Babylon withdraws temporarily when Egypt appears; Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem, but is imprisoned as …
The start of a long siege
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it finally happened. After …
No word for the wicked
Israel’s leaders ask Ezekiel for a word from God, and he says ‘No’; Judgement will come on Israel, described in …
Choose righteousness and live
Two eagles: Israel was to stay loyal to Babylon, rather than turning to Egypt; God’s righteous justice; a funeral song …
Judgement makes sense to the exiles
Jerusalem’s leaders are idolators, Judah is worse than a prostitute, and judgement is inevitable: Ezekiel 14–16 Jerusalem’s fall was to be inevitable, …
Judgement delivers the people from false prophets
Judgement and exile for the people, God’s glory leaves the Temple and Jerusalem, and false prophets get a special mention: Ezekiel …
Spared from death by a mark
Judgement to come on Jerusalem, Israel and idolators, but those grieved by the sins are to be spared: Ezekiel 5–9 In …
Slow down, don’t rush to blurt it out
Ezekiel’s commission and his vision of living beings and the siege of Jerusalem: Ezekiel 1–4 It wasn’t only Jeremiah who saw …
Hope for the exiles
Hope for Judah and Jerusalem, and Jeremiah’s message about Babylon—written and sent to Babylon to be thrown into the Euphrates River: Jeremiah …
The showdown: peace in our time?
Jeremiah speaks over Elam, then he wears an ox yolk and takes on Hananiah: Jeremiah 49:34–39, 27–28 Hananiah’s promises of peace for Jerusalem …
King Zedekiah is a rotten fig
Judgement for Jerusalem’s remaining elite, with a special focus on false prophets: Jeremiah 24, 23, 29 Jeremiah had some courage. Jerusalem would still …
Zedekiah rules over not much
Jehoiachin deported in chains after a siege of Jerusalem; he’s replaced by his uncle, Zedekiah: 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:10–17; …
Power shift from Egypt to Babylon
Jehoiakim taken by Nebuchadnezzar and replaced with Jehoiachin (the second exile); Jeremiah prophesies against Jehoiachin: 2 Kings 24:5–7; 2 Chronicles 36:6–8; 2 Kings 24:8–9; 2 …
Because you refuse to listen or answer
The faithful Recabites; Jeremiah’s prophecies against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor: Jeremiah 35, 49:1–33 The Recabites had kept the rules their …
How important is the Sabbath
Jeremiah not allowed to marry; he seeks wisdom from God; sermons about the Sabbath, the potter and the clay; more …
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