JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:1 The leaders ask JEREMIAH 1:1 to seek God’s will. They are desperate and devastated and claim to desire to know the THING THAT they SHOULD DO. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:7 JEREMIAH 1:1 waits for God’s word (see Jeremiah 28:11), and when it comes he summons the PEOPLE. AT THE END OF TEN DAYS. Though Jeremiah was a faithful and true prophet of God, he could not give prophecies whenever he wanted. He had to wait for the Lord to speak to him... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:10 Jeremiah delivers a word of promise: God has ceased bringing DISASTER. If the people stay in Judah, God will BUILD and PLANT them, which are metaphors for renewal (Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:28). ⇐ ⇔ [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:11 WITH YOU, TO SAVE YOU AND TO DELIVER YOU. God gives the people the same promise he gave Jeremiah at his call (Jeremiah 1:19; see also Jeremiah 39:17). Their lives will be as safe as Jeremiah’s has been. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:13 Rejecting God’s promise and fleeing to Egypt will result in JUDAH experiencing what they fear. Babylon will defeat EGYPT; the exiles are safer in Judah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:18 God’s ANGER and WRATH were warned about (Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 21:5), then poured out (Jeremiah 39:1). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:19 Jeremiah could hardly speak more plainly: to obey means life; to disobey means death. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]