The hard life of a prophet
A short prophecy against the nations, and more warnings for Judah, including a reason for the drought and the inevitability of …
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Jeremiah told to ‘pray no more’
Jeremiah weeps for Judah’s sin and idolatry and starts to prepare the people for worse to come; people from his home town …
Nebuchadnezzar recognises God’s power
Nebuchadnezzar’s first invasion of Jerusalem and Daniel’s first few years in exile: 2 Kings 24:1–4; Daniel 1–3 Jeremiah heard God well: Judah …
Still hoping for repentance
Jeremiah’s prophecies against the nations; Jeremiah compiles all his prophecies into one set of scrolls, which are read by Baruch, …
Justice at the hand of Babylon
Habakkuk asks God why He allows Judah’s evil, and is told the Babylonians will execute justice: Habakkuk 1–3 Habakkuk asked the same …
Judah turns down a chance to repent
Jehoiakim kills the prophet Uriah and his people threaten to kill Jeremiah for prophesying the destruction of the Temple, but older, …
The Temple can’t save you
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 …
The price of meddling in other people’s wars
Jeremiah prophesies over the Philistines and Moab; Josiah dies in battle and is succeeded by Jehoahaz, who Egypt captures and …
Josiah repents and God relents
Josiah repents, restores the Temple, rediscovers the Law and gains a reprieve from Jerusalem’s forthcoming calamity: 2 Kings 23:1–20; 2 Chronicles 34:29–33; 2 Kings …
Jerusalem’s last chance
God gives Judah one last chance through Jeremiah; Nahum prophesies the fall of Ninevah; Zephaniah calls Judah to repentance or …
The calling of Jeremiah
Jeremiah starts prophesying over Judah: Jeremiah 1–5:19 Jeremiah prophesied for more than 40 years, starting in the 13th year of Josiah’s …
Manasseh shows it’s never too late
Hezekiah dies and is succeeded by Manasseh, then Amon and Josiah” 2 Kings 20:20–21; 2 Chronicles 32:32–33; 2 Kings 21:1–9; …
God waits for us
Isaiah warns against relying on Egypt, then gives a message for the nations and Israel’s eventual restoration: Isaiah 30–32; 34–35 It’s too easy …
Do we change our environment?
Isaiah’s prophesies about the earth being destroyed and Israel restored, but not necessarily in that order: Isaiah 24–27 Do we …
Isaiah’s prophecy over Cush
Isaiah’s prophesies about Cush, Egypt, Babylon, Edom, Arabia, and Shebna (Hezekiah’s official): Isaiah 18–23 The Bible is as much poetry …
The cost of Hezekiah’s pride
Hezekiah almost dies from illness, but prays and is healed; he then shows Babylonian envoys around the palace and temple, …
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