Originally posted: 5/21/2021
Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous,
Who see the mind and the heart;
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have set forth my cause, (20:12). Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Jeremiah 19 … Consider His Instruction in His Irreparable Breaking
Originally posted: 5/20/2021
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you 11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired…” (19:10-11). Continue reading
Jeremiah 18 … Consider the Hand of Our Potter
Originally posted: 5/19/2021
Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 6 “Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel,” (18:5-6). Continue reading
Jeremiah 17 … Consider Him, Our Only Trust
Originally posted: 5/18/2021
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord
And whose trust is the Lord,” (17:7). Continue reading
Jeremiah 16 … Consider Him Who Will Make His Name Known
Originally posted: 5/17/2021
“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—
This time I will make them know
My power and My might;
And they shall know that My name is the Lord,” (16:21). Continue reading
Jeremiah 15 … Consider His Correcting Commands
Originally posted: 5/16/2021
Therefore, thus says the Lord,
“If you return, then I will restore you—
Before Me you will stand;
And if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become My spokesman.
They for their part may turn to you,
But as for you, you must not turn to them,” (15:19). Continue reading
Jeremiah 14 … Consider Him Who Acts for His Name’s Sake
Originally posted: 5/15/2021
“Although our iniquities testify against us,
O Lord, act for Your name’s sake!
Truly our apostasies have been many,
We have sinned against You,” (14:7). Continue reading
Jeremiah 13 … Consider His Predetermined Purpose for His People
Originally posted: 5/14/2021
“For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,” declares the Lord, “that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen,” (13:11). Continue reading
Jeremiah 12 … Consider Him Who Uproots and Restores
Originally posted: 5/13/2021
“And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land,” (12:15). Continue reading
Jeremiah 11 … Consider Him Who Persistently Proclaims His Promises
Originally posted: 5/12/2021
And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant and do them. 7 For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning persistently, saying, “Listen to My voice,” (11:6-7). Continue reading