Closer Day By Day

In today’s passage, we are tying up the loose ends to the book of Jeremiah. Last week, we read that the Lord pronounced judgement on Egypt.  And today, we read about how God will deal with eight other nations.  All these nations played a significant role in the downfall of Israel because of their idolatorous [...]

Sometimes you just don’t understand the people of Jerusalem.  How is it they cannot see all the examples of failures around them?  Why can’t they not commit the same mistakes as their predecessors did? I felt like screaming and throttling their necks as I read today’s passage… until I realised that perhaps I was not [...]

The stubborn refusal of the people of Judah to heed the warnings of Prophet Jeremiah proved to be their downfall. Instead of listening to the constant warnings of the prophet, they chose to imprison him and Jerusalem finally falls. Many of the people were taken captive to Babylon, including king Zedekiah – but many more [...]

A brother and I were talking about the books of the Prophets the other day and he remarked that you can always find a message of hope and grace in the midst of all the warnings and admonishments given by the prophets.  Sometimes these appear most unexpectedly but it just tells us what a Compassionate [...]

Hmm…. Who do you think is the character in the picture? What is on his shoulders? Is that a happy, or sad, or ambivalent face? What significance does it have for Judah? What lessons does it have for us? Do you think if I should stop asking questions now? And let you read and find [...]

Reading Jeremiah is a pretty sobering task as we read warnings after warnings given by the prophet against the people of Judah.  But despite the severity of these warnings, we find that more often than not – the people, led by their king, chose not to heed them. And there are times when you recognize [...]

Things start to really heat up for Jermiah and the people of Judah in today’s passage. Bible Passage:  Jeremiah 17-21 The warnings against Judah now comes in thick and fast.  Jeremiah 17 starts off with a stern rebuke that “the sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with the point of a [...]

The weeping prophet – that’s the nickname of Jeremiah. Indeed, those of us who are attending the lessons on Ezekiel see a world of difference between the 2 prophets and it really is wonderful to see how God uses all sorts of people to proclaim His message. Bible Passage: Jeremiah 12-16 Today’s passage is a [...]

When I read through today’s passage, I cannot but feel that these words of Jeremiah ring so true even for us in today’s times and soceity. Although the passages from Jeremiah are just as long as when we did Isaiah, somehow, it is easier reading.  But the impact of the message is just the same. [...]

After the short chapters of Job yesterday, we now move to a new book of prophecy – the Book of Jeremiah. And these are not very short chapters Bible Passage: Jeremiah 1-6 The book of Jeremiah marks one of the lowest point in the history of the Jews.  The wickedness of the people meant that [...]