Babylon has purged Judah taking the skilled and educated and compliant captive, driving out the rebellious, and leaving behind the poorest. Now the Lord hears the cry against Babylon for the slaughter, not just from Judah, but from all affected.…
Category: Devotions
They Will Ask the Way to Zion
Many say the Bible is the history of Israel, and it is, but it is much more than that. It is a record of the word of the Lord. It is revelation of the way the kingdom of God operates…
Seek the Prosperity of the City
The Lord is separating the people and those that listen to him through Jeremiah go into captivity. How can this be for their good? But to those that go and trust him, he says in Jeremiah 29:7 ‘in its (Babylons)…
Remember My Standing Before You
Jeremiah reminds the Lord that he has been the intercessor, the one bringing the Lords word to the people as one that in Jeremiah 23:22 “stood in my council … (and we know this because he) proclaimed my words to…
Israel Will Dispossess his Dispossessors
The Lord was using Nebuchednezzar to bring judgement on Judah and all of the surrounding nations. Each nation has its own outcome. Seventy year exile for Israel and of the land of Hazor, it says “a waste forever; no one…
You Will Go to Babylon
Jeremiah recognizes the exile is coming. There is no escaping and there is a prayer of intercession in Jeremiah 10:24 “Chastise me, O Yahweh, but in moderation, not in your anger, lest you eradicate me”. The Lord is driving out…
Pack Your Baggage for Exile
Judah is taken by Babylon and the seventy years of their exile begins. Egypt is also taken by Babylon and begins their own forty years of exile. This is the second great dispersion of the children of Israel and the…
I Will Give Your Life
Jeremiah is living through a very challenging time. People are not listening to the word of the Lord. Nations that have ruled with great power are falling away as others rise. The word of the Lord changes from Jeremiah 25:5…
Can You Not Learn a Lesson
The Lord has spoken directly to the leaders and the people through the prophet, but they don’t listen. So, the Lord brings the Rechabites into the temple and tests them before everyone, saying “Drink wine”. They had been forbidden by…
Hear the Words of This Covenant
and Do Them
Again and again the Lord brings the word of the covenant to the people by the prophet. The words are specific about their sin in Jeremiah 7:9 “Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will…
He is the Maker of the Earth by His Power
The Lord is the creator of heaven and earth and yet people boast about many things, their wisdom, their wealth, their strength. The Lord is looking for one who knows the Lord and demonstrates it by, in Jeremiah 9:24 “showing…
I Have Heard the Report of You
The prophet brings us a foretelling, a description of a time when, in Habakkuk 2:14 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, like the waters cover the sea”. The prophet tells us of…
Act With Justice and Righteousness
The Lord makes what seems to be a simple request in Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says Yahweh, “Act with justice and righteousness …”. But the sons of Josiah are subject to tribute at the hands of Egypt. The peace the Lord…
The Wealth They Gained has Perished
As Judah and Jerusalem enjoy a period of thirty-one years of relative peace through the reign of Josiah, Jeremiah prophecies the destruction of Moab. As described in Jeremiah 48:11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth”. The Moabites have…