REVIEW OF CHAPTER FIVE I. Facts to Master. 1. The time of these sermons (Jeremiah 3:6). 2. The great act in the past that demonstrated God's special favor (Jeremiah 2:6-7). 3. Places which Jeremiah challenges the people to look for similar examples of apostasy (Jeremiah 2:10). 4. Something... [ Continue Reading ]
II. GOD'S APPEAL To HIS PEOPLE Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4 After the blistering indictment of his inaugural sermon Jeremiah takes up the subject of repentance. He speaks here of (1) the possibility of repentance (Jeremiah 3:1-5); (2) the need for repentance (Jeremiah 3:6-10); (3) the call to repent... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Need for Repentance Jeremiah 3:6-10 TRANSLATION (6) And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: Have You seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She continuously goes upon every high mountain and under every green tree and you commit harlotry there. (7) And I said, After s... [ Continue Reading ]
C. The Call to Repentance Jeremiah 3:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) And the LORD said unto me, More righteous is Backsliding Israel than Treacherous Judah. (12) Go and call these words to the north and say, Return, O Backsliding Israel (oracle of the LORD). I will not frown on you for I am kind (oracle of... [ Continue Reading ]
D. The Blessings of Repentance Jeremiah 3:15-22 a TRANSLATION (15) And I will give you shepherds according to My heart who shall feed you with knowledge and wisdom. (16) And it shall come to pass when you have multi plied and grown numerous in the land in those days (oracle of the LORD) they will n... [ Continue Reading ]
E. The Prayer of Repentance Jeremiah 3:22-25 TRANSLATION (22b) Here we are, we have come to you because you are the LORD our God. (23) Truly the hills are a swindle, the tumult of the mountains; Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. (24) But shame has devoured the labor of our fath... [ Continue Reading ]