YHWH GIVES HIS REASONS WHY JERUSALEM WILL NOT BE PARDONED AND JEREMIAH MAKES A VAIN SEARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN (JEREMIAH 5:1). YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He assures Jeremiah that if he can produce but one person in Jerusalem who does what is right and genuinely se... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH 5:1). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual and physical), and have grown fat and sleek, whilst at the same time they also appear to be unaware... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH CALLS ON HIS CHAMPION, WHOSE GREAT MIGHT HE MAKES CLEAR, IN ORDER THAT HIS FORCES MIGHT DENUDE JUDAH BECAUSE OF THEIR TREACHERY TOWARDS HIM (JEREMIAH 5:10). The instrument of YHWH's judgment is called on to scale the wall of YHWH's vineyard and destroy the vine by de-branching it, but not to ma... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH ASKS HIS PEOPLE WHY IN VIEW OF HIS CLEARLY REVEALED POWER THEY DO NOT FEAR HIM, AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE REVOLUTIONARIES AND REBELS, CAUGHT UP IN SIN (JEREMIAH 5:20). YHWH addresses His people as foolish and lacking in understanding, and as those who can neither see nor hear, a... [ Continue Reading ]