Tag: jeremiah

Sometimes God’s promises and God’s truth takes a very long time to be fulfilled. Waiting on fulfillment can be hard and discouraging. Discouragement can lead to doubt. Such was the situation during the days of Jeremiah. He prophesied the destruction

Epic. Awesome. Terrible. That’s the way Jeremiah’s prophecies end. Jeremiah 50-51 spells out in great detail how God will destroy the destroyer – Babylon. Babylon’s aggressive oppression was used by God to punish many other nations (v.7). Now, it was

Throughout the book of Jeremiah, Babylon has been the oppressor and the punisher of God’s people. But now in Jeremiah 50, we have the punishment of the punisher. Babylon will also fall! There are aspects of this prophecy that remain

In Jeremiah 48, God pronounces judgment on the nation of Moab. This came because… They trusted in their works and treasures (v.7). They were complacent about their sin (v.11). They worshipped false gods (v.13). They magnified themselves against the Lord

God cares about all people. He knows all about them. He is aware of their lives, their actions, and their sin. He wants them all to be saved and to escape the consequences of and judgment on their sin. He

As prophet to the nations, Jeremiah now turns to Egypt. A nation that had wielded great power for a long time would now face the judgment from the Lord again. God described in great detail how it would all happen,

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. Jer

Judah went through great destruction at the hands of Babylon. Over and over, they were told that it was due to their sin and unwillingness to follow the Lord. You would think they would have been deeply humbled and willing

The things that were happening in Israel were being watched by the world. When Jeremiah was taken by the Babylonians, the captain set him free, stating that everything that happened to Jeremiah and his people was because of their sin

The dreaded day came. The city of Jerusalem was breached. The nation of Judah fell to the Babylonians. Of course, this all happened exactly as God had said it would, even though the people and King Zedekiah did not listen.