ZEDEKIAH APPEALS TO JEREMIAH AS A LAST RESORT, ONLY TO LEARN THAT
THERE IS NO HOPE OF INTERVENTION BY YHWH WHOSE WILL IS BEING DONE
(JEREMIAH 21:1).
As we have seen these verses form an inclusio along with Jeremiah 24:1
in order to emphasise that this subsection concludes the Section of
Jeremiah whi... [ Continue Reading ]
A GENERAL PLEA TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID NOT TO BE PRESUMPTIOUS BUT TO
EXERCISE JUSTICE AND MERCY IF THEY WOULD ESCAPE JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH
21:11).
Jeremiah now makes a general plea to ‘the house of David' to cease
being presumptious and to fulfil its responsibilities as the house of
David with regards to... [ Continue Reading ]