This week we are studying the exile of the people of Israel. These are the questions we are asking: (1) What is home? (2) What might we feel in exile?…
When we look at some of Jeremiah’s prayers, we might want to ask the questions: 1. How do we have courage to live out our convictions? 2. How do we…
There was a plot to kill Jeremiah which was averted. Jeremiah asked God for vengeance against the perpetrators, and God said he would punish them but didn’t do it immediately.…
Jeremiah, the “weeping prophet” continues to mourn the deep sin of his people and the self-inflicted judgment that God has shown him is sure to come. The people of God…
Jeremiah 7.1—29 is part of what is called Jeremiah’s “Temple Sermon,” because in the text the LORD commanded Jeremiah to preach the word he received from God to the people…
God refers to his relationship with his people as a relationship between husband and wife. God is saying, “I don’t just want to be your king. I want to be…
In the midst of the greatest crisis in Judah and Israel, God called Jeremiah to be his prophet. The call narrative is interesting because it does not start with Jeremiah.…