Jeremiah
Jeremiah Chapter 52: You are God’s temple, God’s home
This final chapter recounts Jerusalem’s besiegement and eventual fall. The Babylonian army surrounds Jerusalem’s walls from the 9th year of King Zedekiah’s reign till his 11th year, causing a severe famine in the city (as prophesied in…
Jeremiah Chapter 51: When what’s political is God’s personal plan
This chapter reminds us how political scenes on earth can be God’s personal plan. While what people saw was Babylon’s political and military conquest, in truth, God was using the empire for His purposes of punishing Israel.…
Jeremiah Chapter 50
Jeremiah 50 describes the word of judgment against Babylon. Even though Babylon is God’s instrument for judgment on sinful nations (Jeremiah 27:6), it is not immune to judgment from God. It is guilty of the same sin…
Jeremiah Chapter 49
God is pronouncing his judgement on the other nations like Edom, Ammon etc. One question stands out for me today. Why do you boast in the valleys,Your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?Who trusted in her treasures, saying,‘Who will come against me?’…
Jeremiah Chapter 48
As we read this chapter (as well as the preceding and subsequent chapters) on God’s judgement to the nations, do we exclaimed gleefully as we see justice meted out on the unrighteous. Yes! Finally!!! These people got…
Jeremiah Chapter 47
The Philistines were one of the long standing enemies of Israel. If you know your Old Testament, in Judges, Samson was always fighting against the Philistines. David against Goliath – the Philistine champion warrior. And it was…
Jeremiah Chapter 46
The last few chapters showed us how, despite repeated warnings, the chosen race decided to trust in their long time enemy, Egypt, rather than listen to God. And in today’s chapter, God revealed their folly because the…
Jeremiah Chapter 45
While reading chapter 45, some might feel that this chapter has such a stark contrast against the preceding or subsequent chapters. Chapter 45 contains God’s assurance to Baruch, compared to other chapters which contain judgements against various…
Jeremiah Chapter 44
Although Babylon destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the Temple, they did leave a small group of people behind in the land and appointed Gedaliah to govern them. The prophet Jeremiah was among this group who left…
Jeremiah Chapter 43
Arrogance against God despite all the warning signs! Reading today’s chapter made me consider if much has changed since the time of Jeremiah? By now, Jeremiah’s warnings to be people have come to pass in many ways.…