REVIEW OF CHAPTER TEN I. Facts to Master 1. The time when Jeremiah received this word from God (Jeremiah 14:1). 2. Two titles of God used in Jeremiah 14:8. 3. Number of times God forbids Jeremiah to pray on behalf of his people. 4. What would not avail to spare the people from further calam... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER TEN NATIONAL DISTRESS AND PROPHETIC DISCOURAGEMENT Jeremiah 14:1 to Jeremiah 17:27 Sometime during the ministry of Jeremiah a terrible drought or series of droughts (the Hebrew word is plural) struck Palestine (Jeremiah 14:1). This national crisis forms the background of most if not all of... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12 TRANSLATION (7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we have sinned. (8) O Hope of Israel! His Savior in the time of distress! Why should You be like a strange... [ Continue Reading ]
C. The Prophet's Second Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:13-18 TRANSLATION (13) And I said, Ah Lord GOD, Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; for I will give you peace in this place. (14) And the LORD said unto me: Falsehood the prophets are... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Jeremiah's Third Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) Will You completely reject Judah? Will Your soul loath Zion? Why have You smitten us when there is not healing for us? We hope for peace but there was no good and for a time of healing and behold, terror. (20) We know, O LORD... [ Continue Reading ]