Category Archives: Jeremiah

The Terms of This Covenant 1 The Message that came to Jeremiah fromGod: 2-4 “Preach to the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them this: ‘This isGod’s Message, the Message of Israel’s God to you. Anyone who does not keep the terms of this covenant is cursed. The terms are clear. I made […]

What Makes You Think You Can Race Against Horses? 1-4 You are right, OGod, and you set things right. I can’t argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished […]

People Who Do Only What They Want to Do 1-2 Godtold me, “Go and buy yourself some linen shorts. Put them on and keep them on. Don’t even take them off to wash them.” So I bought the shorts asGoddirected and put them on. 3-5 ThenGodtold me, “Take the shorts that you bought and go […]

Time and Again We’ve Betrayed God 1-6 God’s Message that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought: “Judah weeps, her cities mourn. The people fall to the ground, moaning, while sounds of Jerusalem’s sobs rise up, up. The rich people sent their servants for water. They went to the cisterns, but the cisterns were dry. They […]

1-2 ThenGodsaid to me: “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel stood here and made their case, I wouldn’t feel a thing for this people. Get them out of here. Tell them to get lost! And if they ask you, ‘So where do we go?’ tell themGodsays, “‘If you’re assigned to die, go and die; if […]

Can Mortals Manufacture Gods? 1 God’s Message to me: 2-4 “Jeremiah, don’t get married. Don’t raise a family here. I have signed the death warrant on all the children born in this country, the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them—an epidemic of death. Death unlamented, the dead unburied, dead bodies decomposing […]

The Heart Is Hopelessly Dark and Deceitful 1-2 “Judah’s sin is engraved with a steel chisel, A steel chisel with a diamond point— engraved on their granite hearts, engraved on the stone corners of their altars. The evidence against them is plain to see: sex-and-religion altars and sacred sex shrines Anywhere there’s a grove of […]

To Worship the Big Lie 1-2 Godtold Jeremiah, “Up on your feet! Go to the potter’s house. When you get there, I’ll tell you what I have to say.” 3-4 So I went to the potter’s house, and sure enough, the potter was there, working away at his wheel. Whenever the pot the potter was […]

Smashing the Clay Pot 1-2 Godsaid to me, “Go, buy a clay pot. Then get a few leaders from the people and a few of the leading priests and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom, just outside the Potsherd Gate, and preach there what I tell you. 3-5 “Say, ‘Listen toGod’s Word, you kings […]

Life’s Been Nothing but Trouble and Tears 1-5 The priest Pashur son of Immer was the senior priest inGod’s Temple. He heard Jeremiah preach this sermon. He whipped Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate ofGod’s Temple. The next day Pashur came and let him go. Jeremiah told […]