JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:1 RIGHTEOUS. God defines and does what is fair and correct. COMPLAIN. Jeremiah laments his situation. His basic question is naive; he assumes that sinful people never harm God’s servants, despite the warnings in Jeremiah 1:17. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTa... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:2 YOU PLANT THEM. Jeremiah believes God has blessed hypocrites who pretend to trust in him (Psalms 73:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:3 In contrast, Jeremiah’s HEART is right with God. He wants God’s enemies to be SET... APART FOR THE DAY OF SLAUGHTER. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:5 God responds with a rebuke and a caution. Jeremiah must prepare for worse times. He cannot trust even family and friends. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:7 God has FORSAKEN his people, the BELOVED OF his SOUL, turning them over to judgment. His suffering exceeds Jeremiah’s. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:9 The hyena and BIRDS represent Babylon, the enemy who stalks Judah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:10 SHEPHERDS HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD. On God’s people as his vineyard, see note on Isa. 5:1. Judah’s leaders have misled God’s people, resulting in oppression and judgment (Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 5:1; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 4:9). NO MAN LAYS IT TO HEART. No leader pays at... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:12 SWORD OF THE LORD. Babylon is simply God’s instrument for punishing Judah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:15 COMPASSION. Wrath is never God’s final word to his covenant people (Deuteronomy 30:1; Lamentations 3:19; Hosea 11:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:16 God also has compassion on the nations who LEARN his WAYS, SWEAR BY his NAME, and obey his word. He is the Creator of all nations (Jeremiah 10:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, [ Continue Reading ]