Category: Jeremiah
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Jeremiah 52
The Destruction of Jerusalem and Exile of Judah 1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he started out as king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah. Her hometown was Libnah. 2As far as God was concerned, Zedekiah was just one more evil king, a carbon…
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Jeremiah 51
Hurricane Persia 1-5There’s more. God says more: “Watch this: I’m whipping upA death-dealing hurricane against Babylon—’Hurricane Persia’—against all who live in that perverse land. I’m sending a cleanup crew into Babylon. They’ll clean the place out from top to bottom. When they get through there’ll be nothing left of her worth taking or talking about.…
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Jeremiah 50
Get Out of Babylon as Fast as You Can 1-3The message of God through the prophet Jeremiah on Babylon, land of the Chaldeans: “Get the word out to the nations! Preach it! Go public with this, broadcast it far and wide:Babylon taken, god-Bel hanging his head in shame, god-Marduk exposed as a fraud. All her…
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Jeremiah 49
You’re a Broken-Down Has-Been 1-6 God’s Message on the Ammonites:| “Doesn’t Israel have any children, no one to step into her inheritance?So why is the god Milcom taking over Gad’s land, his followers moving into its towns?But not for long! The time’s coming” —God’s Decree—“When I’ll fill the ears of Rabbah, Ammons big city, with…
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Jeremiah 2
Israel Was God’s Holy Choice 1-3God’s Message came to me. It went like this:“Get out in the streets and call to Jerusalem, ‘God’s Message!I remember your youthful loyalty, our love as newlyweds.You stayed with me through the wilderness years, stuck with me through all the hard places.Israel was God’s holy choice, the pick of the…
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Jeremiah 1
Demolish, and Then Start Over 1-4 The Message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah of the family of priests who lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin. God’s Message began to come to him during the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon reigned over Judah. It continued to come to him during the time…