Jeremiah 31

 Scripture – Jeremiah 31

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 31:1-20 - The everlasting love of God
• Jeremiah 31:1-2 - Salvation to Israel
• Jeremiah 31:3-6 - God's faithfulness to Israel
• Jeremiah 31:7-9 - The joyful restoration
• Jeremiah 31:10-12 - Gathering the scattered flock
• Jeremiah 31:13-14 - The joyful response
• Jeremiah 31:15-17 - Rachel weeping
• Jeremiah 31:18-20 - God embraces a repentant Israel
• Jeremiah 31:21-30 - Gathering and planting Israel
• Jeremiah 31:21-22 - The path of restoration
• Jeremiah 31:23-25 - The blessing on Jerusalem
• Jeremiah 31:26-30 - Answering an untrue proverb
• Jeremiah 31:31-40 - The New Covenant
• Jeremiah 31:31-34 - The glorious promise of the New Covenant
• Jeremiah 31:35-37 - God's everlasting love for Israel
• Jeremiah 31:38-40 - The restoration of Jerusalem

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together,

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

What happens when God restores His people to himself

• We will rejoice
• We will be united
• We will be joyful and not mournful
• We will be comforted

God will bless those who truly repent 

This is a picture of when Jesus comes back the second time.

Jeremiah 30

 Scripture – Jeremiah 30

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 30:1-11 - Writing the prophecy down
• Jeremiah 30:1-3 - Writing down the words in a book
• Jeremiah 30:4-7 - The time of Jacob's trouble
• Jeremiah 30:8-9 - No more slaves
• Jeremiah 30:10-11 - A promise to gather and to correct
• Jeremiah 30:12-24 - Restoration after affliction
• Jeremiah 30:12-15 - Their incurable affliction
• Jeremiah 30:16-17 - Devouring the devourer
• Jeremiah 30:18-20 - The restoration of Jerusalem
• Jeremiah 30:21-22 - The one who draws near
• Jeremiah 30:23-24 - The whirlwind of God

Jeremiah 29

 Scripture – Jeremiah 29

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 29:1-20 - A future and a hope
• Jeremiah 29:1-4 - A letter from Jerusalem to the captives
• Jeremiah 29:5-9 - Make yourself at home and be good citizens
• Jeremiah 29:10-14 - The promise to bring them back into the land
• Jeremiah 29:15-20 - God's displeasure at those who remained in Judah
• Jeremiah 29:21-32 - The message to certain people in Babylon
• Jeremiah 29:21-23 - The message to the false prophets
• Jeremiah 29:24-28 - The message to Shemaiah
• Jeremiah 29:29-32 - The judgment on Shemaiah

Jeremiah 27-28

 Scripture – Jeremiah 27-28

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 27:1-15 - The yoke of the king of Babylon
• Jeremiah 27:1-3 - The command to make yokes and bonds.
• Jeremiah 27:4-8 - The message associated with the yokes and bonds
• Jeremiah 27:9-11 - Do not believe the lying prophets
• Jeremiah 27:12-15 - The message to King Hezekiah
• Jeremiah 27:16-22 - About the temple vessels
• Jeremiah 27:16-17 - What the lying prophets said about the temple vessels
• Jeremiah 27:18 - The test of the prophets
• Jeremiah 27:19-22 - The fate of the temple vessels
• Jeremiah 28:1-11 - Hananiah and the broken yoke
• Jeremiah 28:1-4 - Hananiah contradicts Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 28:5-6 - Jeremiah responds with an amen
• Jeremiah 28:7-9 - Jeremiah responds by defending his prophetic ministry
• Jeremiah 28:10-11 - The broken yoke
• Jeremiah 28:12-17 - Yokes of wood, yokes of iron
• Jeremiah 28:12-14 - A yoke of iron to replace your yoke of wood
• Jeremiah 28:15-17 - The word to Hananiah

v1-4 - Hananiah contradicts God's word: Restoration from Babylon

v5-6 - Jeremiah begins his correction: Affirming the desire

v7-8 - The test of true prophets: Predictions will be similar to past prophets

v9 - The test of true prophets: Prediction will come true

v10-11 - What false prophets will do: They will double down 

v12-17 - What false prophets will get: Worse punishment

 

Jeremiah 26

 Scripture – Jeremiah 26

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 26:1-15 - Jeremiah in danger of death
• Jeremiah 26:1-3 - The command to speak
• Jeremiah 26:4-6 - The words to speak
• Jeremiah 26:7-9 - Opposition from priests, prophets, and people
• Jeremiah 26:10-11 - The charge against Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 26:12-15 - Jeremiah defends and explains his message
• Jeremiah 26:16-24 - Jeremiah spared from death
• Jeremiah 26:16 - Jeremiah will not be condemned to death
• Jeremiah 26:17-19 - Remembering when they used to listen to the prophets
• Jeremiah 26:20-23 - The faithfulness of Urijah
• Jeremiah 26:24 - Help for Jeremiah from Ahikam

Jeremiah 24-25

 Scripture – Jeremiah 24-25

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 24:1-3 - Two baskets of figs
• Jeremiah 24:1 - Time and place of the lesson
• Jeremiah 24:2-3 - What Jeremiah saw: two baskets of figs
• Jeremiah 24:4-10 - Learning from the basket of figs
• Jeremiah 24:4-7 - The good basket of figs
• Jeremiah 24:8-10 - The bad basket of figs
• Jeremiah 25:1-14 - Seventy years of judgment
• Jeremiah 25:1-2 - The word to Judah and Jerusalem
• Jeremiah 25:3-7 - The rejected word of the prophets
• Jeremiah 25:8-11 - Seventy years of desolation
• Jeremiah 25:12-14 - After the seventy years
• Jeremiah 25:15-38 - Judgment on the nations
• Jeremiah 25:15-16 - The cup of God's fury
• Jeremiah 25:17-26 - Jeremiah as the cup of staggering
• Jeremiah 25:27-29 - The nations must drink the cup
• Jeremiah 25:30-33 - The LORD's controversy with the nations
• Jeremiah 25:34-38 - The LORD's anger against the shepherds

Jeremiah 24:1-10

There are two types of people:

1.The good figs had an initial step of faith (surrendering)

2.The bad figs depended on their walls (hiding)

There are two promises 

1.Good figs: watch over, bring back, build up, plant, a new heart, be their God. enable them to return.

2.Bad figs: make abhorrent, offensive, reproach, byword, ridiculed, cursed, banished, destroyed.

Are you a good fig or bad fig?

Do you have that initial faith even when it seems dumb and illogical

Or do you depend on yourself and your own walls?

The good figs which will be blessed

The bad figs which will be destroyed

Are you a good fig or bad fig?

Good figs - Blessed by being able to go into heaven

Bad figs - Destroyed and burnt in hell

Jeremiah 23

 Scripture – Jeremiah 23

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 23:1-8 - The Branch of Righteousness
• Jeremiah 23:1-2 - Woe to the shepherds who destroy
• Jeremiah 23:3-4 - The promise to restore the wounded
• Jeremiah 23:5-6 - The king to come
• Jeremiah 23:7-8 - The greatness of God's work
• Jeremiah 23:9-40 - The pain brought with false prophets
• Jeremiah 23:9-10 - Jeremiah's broken heart over false prophets
• Jeremiah 23:11-12 - Profane prophets and priests
• Jeremiah 23:13-15 - Judgment promised against the corrupt prophets
• Jeremiah 23:16-17 - Don't listen to the corrupt prophets
• Jeremiah 23:18-20 - The serious nature of God's judgments
• Jeremiah 23:21-22 - The corrupt prophets were not sent by God
• Jeremiah 23:23-24 - The foolishness of rejecting God
• Jeremiah 23:25-27 - Prophetic lies
• Jeremiah 23:28-29 - Their word compared to the word of God
• Jeremiah 23:30-32 - God against the corrupt prophets
• Jeremiah 23:33-40 - No longer mention the burden of the Lord

Jeremiah 22

 Scripture – Jeremiah 22

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 22:1-9 - The message to the House of David
• Jeremiah 22:1-5 - An urgent call to repent
• Jeremiah 22:6-7 - The coming judgment
• Jeremiah 22:8-9 - The nations ask why
• Jeremiah 22:10-23 - The message about the Sons of Josiah
• Jeremiah 22:10-12 - The message about Shallum
• Jeremiah 22:13-17 - The message to Jehoiakim
• Jeremiah 22:18-19 - The message about Jehoiakim's judgment
• Jeremiah 22:20-23 - The message against Jerusalem and her rulers
• Jeremiah 22:24-30 - The message to Coniah
• Jeremiah 22:24-27 - The coming exile for Coniah
• Jeremiah 22:28-30 - The curse on Coniah and his family

Jeremiah 20-21

 Scripture – Jeremiah 20-21

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 20:1-6 - Jeremiah in the stocks
• Jeremiah 20:1-2 - Jeremiah continues to speak in the stocks
• Jeremiah 20:3-6 - Jeremiah's message to Pashhur upon release
• Jeremiah 20:7-18 - The burden of the prophet
• Jeremiah 20:7-8 - Jeremiah speaks to God of his faithfulness
• Jeremiah 20:9-10 - Jeremiah resolves to stop his work
• Jeremiah 20:11-12 - Jeremiah's confidence in God
• Jeremiah 20:13 - Praising the mighty God
• Jeremiah 20:14-18 - Grief and depression again
• Jeremiah 21:1-10 - Message to Zedekiah
• Jeremiah 21:1-2 - The messenger from King Zedekiah
• Jeremiah 21:3-6 - The message to Zedekiah about Jerusalem's destruction
• Jeremiah 21:7 - The message to Zedekiah about his own coming fate
• Jeremiah 21:8-10 - The message to Jerusalem
• Jeremiah 21:11-14 - God's word to the house of David
• Jeremiah 21:11-12 - A call to repent
• Jeremiah 21:13-14 - The devouring fire.

In these two chapters, Jeremiah suffers in the stocks. He laments of how hard it is to work. I know that I too will feel how hard it is to work for God. Although right now, God has blessed me with work that is easy for me to do, it won't be in the future. I pray that God would strengthen me in whatever comes my way. John 16:33 says that in this world we will have trouble, but we can take heart because Jesus has already overcome the world. 

Jeremiah 18-19

 Scripture – Jeremiah 18-19

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 18:1-17 - The lesson at the potter's house
• Jeremiah 18:1-4 - Jeremiah visits the potter's house
• Jeremiah 18:5-10 - God's right to deal with people as he pleases
• Jeremiah 18:11 - A plan of judgment
• Jeremiah 18:12-17 - The response of the people and God's response
• Jeremiah 18:18-23 - Jeremiah's prayer against his enemies
• Jeremiah 18:18 - The plot against Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 18:19-20 - Jeremiah pleads for himself
• Jeremiah 18:21-23 - Jeremiah pleads against his enemies
• Jeremiah 19:1-9 - The message at the Potsherd gate
• Jeremiah 19:1-2 - Preparation for the message
• Jeremiah 19:3 - The beginning of the message
• Jeremiah 19:4-5 - The reason for the catastrophe to come
• Jeremiah 19:6-9 - The description of the catastrophe to come
• Jeremiah 19:10-15 - Sign of the broken flask
• Jeremiah 19:10-11 - The breaking of the flask
• Jeremiah 19:12-13 - The meaning of the broken flask
• Jeremiah 19:14-15 - After the message of the broken flask

Jeremiah 16-17

 Scripture – Jeremiah 16-17

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 16:1-9 - Jeremiah is called to live differently from the rest
• Jeremiah 16:1-4 - Jeremiah commanded to not have a wife or children
• Jeremiah 16:5-7 - Jeremiah commanded to not mourn with others
• Jeremiah 16:8-9 - Jeremiah commanded to not feast with others
• Jeremiah 16:10-21 - Words of both judgment and restoration
• Jeremiah 16:10-13 - Explaining God's judgment to the people
• Jeremiah 16:14-15 - Explaining God's promise of restoration
• Jeremiah 16:16-18 - Explaining God's zeal
• Jeremiah 16:19-21 - God glorified among the gentiles
• Jeremiah 17:1-13 - The depth of Judah's sin
• Jeremiah 17:1-4 - Pen and paper for Judah's sin
• Jeremiah 17:5-8 - The folly of trusting in man
• Jeremiah 17:9-10 - The folly of trusting in one's own heart
• Jeremiah 17:11 - The folly of trusting in riches
• Jeremiah 17:12-13 - The folly of failing to trust in God
• Jeremiah 17:14-18 - Jeremiah's prayer for deliverance
• Jeremiah 17:14-17 - A prayer for deliverance and defense
• Jeremiah 17:18 - A prayer for justification
• Jeremiah 17:19-27 - An example of Judah's disobedience
• Jeremiah 17:19-23 - Obey God's command of the sabbath
• Jeremiah 17:24-27 - Blessing for obedience and curses for disobedience

In this chapter, we see how Jeremiah is called to live differently from the rest. He is commanded to be set apart. This was probably very hard for Jeremiah. In the same way, God calls us to be different from the world. He doesn't want us to conform to the patterns of this world, but instead, be transformed. I pray that I will live faithfully to what God wants me to do. I pray that he would strengthen me to do what is right rather than what I want to do. 

Jeremiah 15

 Scripture – Jeremiah 15

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 15:1-4 - The inevitable destiny of Judah
• Jeremiah 15:1 - The uselessness of prayer for Judah
• Jeremiah 15:2-4 - The four forms of destruction
• Jeremiah 15:5-21 - After judgment, mercy on the remnant
• Jeremiah 15:5-9 - Woe upon the widows
• Jeremiah 15:10 - Jeremiah's woe
• Jeremiah 15:11-14 - Promise of help, promise of exile
• Jeremiah 15:15-18 - The painful prayer of Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 15:19-21 - A promise to protect the prophet

In this chapter, God describes the inevitable destiny of Judah. He will destroy the people and send them into exile, but will have mercy on the remnant. He also has mercy on Jeremiah. I see in this chapter that God rewards those who faithfully work for Him. Jeremiah endured reproach, sat alone, and was full of indignation. This chapter reminds me that although work for the Lord will be hard, God will reward those who suffer in his name.

Jeremiah 14

 Scripture – Jeremiah 14

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 14:1-10 - A model of repentance is never fulfilled
• Jeremiah 14:1-6 - The droughts upon Judah
• Jeremiah 14:7-9 - A model of Godly repentance in the time of drought
• Jeremiah 14:10 - God's response to the shallow hearts of the people
• Jeremiah 14:11-16 - Exposing the false prophets
• Jeremiah 14:11-12 - The certainty of judgment 
• Jeremiah 14:13 - Jeremiah reports the words of the false prophets
• Jeremiah 14:14-15 - God's assessment of the false prophets
• Jeremiah 14:16 - God's judgment on those who remain under the words of the false prophets
• Jeremiah 14:17-22 - The pain of Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 14:17-18 - Weeping over the judgment to come
• Jeremiah 14:19-20 - A confession of sin and wickedness
• Jeremiah 14:21-22 - A plea that God would remember them in their misery.

Jeremiah 13

 Scripture – Jeremiah 13

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 13:1-11 - The sign of the Linen Stash
• Jeremiah 13:1-5 - Hiding the linen sash
• Jeremiah 13:6-7- Finding the decayed useless sash
• Jeremiah 13:8-11 - Ruining the pride of the people
• Jeremiah 13:12-14 - The sign of the Wine Bottle
• Jeremiah 13:12 - Every bottle filled with wine
• Jeremiah 13:13-14 - The people of Judah are drunk and destroyed
• Jeremiah 13:15-27 - How to respond to God's warning
• Jeremiah 13:15-16 - Humble yourself and give glory to God
• Jeremiah 13:17-20 - The price to be paid for not heeding God's warnings
• Jeremiah 13:21-23 - The guilt of those whom the Lord punishes
• Jeremiah 13:24-25 - The Lord will scatter his people
• Jeremiah 13:26-27 - The exposed shame of the people

In verse 11 is says that as the waistband clings to the waist of man, so Israel and Judah will also cling to me(God). This verse shows me how all people cling to God. They rely on Him so that they will not be thrown away like the waistband. Without God, we are useless. God uses us for his praise and for his glory. I must remember that I am a part of God's waistband, I am useless without Him, and I am meant for His glory.

Jeremiah 11-12

 Scripture – Jeremiah 11-12

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 11:1-17 - A curse to covenant breakers
• Jeremiah 11:1-5 - The covenant and the curse
• Jeremiah 11:6-8 - The command to preach the message of the covenant
• Jeremiah 11:9-10 - The conspiracy of disobedience
• Jeremiah 11:11-14 - The curse to come upon the covenant breakers
• Jeremiah 11:15-17 - The disappointment of rejected love
• Jeremiah 11:18-23 - The threat against Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 11:18-19 - Jeremiah's knowledge of the threat
• Jeremiah 11:20 - Jeremiah's prayer and confidence
• Jeremiah 11:21-23 - God's promise to punish those who threaten Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 12:1-6 - Jeremiah's question and God's answer
• Jeremiah 12:1-4 - Jeremiah's question to God
• Jeremiah 12:5-6 - God's answer to Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 12:7-17 - Judah and her enemies
• Jeremiah 12:7-8 - God abandons His people to their enemies
• Jeremiah 12:9-13 - The mournful harvest of the land
• Jeremiah 12:14-15 - A promise of restoration
• Jeremiah 12:16-17 - A merciful promise to the nations

Jeremiah 10

 Scripture – Jeremiah 10

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 10:1-18 - The greatness of Yahweh over all the idols
• Jeremiah 10:1-5 - The custom of the decorated tree becoming an idol
• Jeremiah 10:6-10 - The greatness of God over all idols
• Jeremiah 10:11-16 - The glory of the creator
• Jeremiah 10:17-18 - A warning to flee from the invaders
• Jeremiah 10:19-25 - Jeremiah's prayer
• Jeremiah 10:19-20 - A prayer for those under the invasion
• Jeremiah 10:21-22 - The trouble that comes from dull-hearted shepherds
• Jeremiah 10:23-25 - A humble plea to God 

v21 is about shepherds and how if they don't seek the Lord, they will not prosper and the flock will scatter. This is important for me to have shepherds that seek the Lord, and also be someone who seeks the Lord. Even if I'm not a shepherd, God still calls me to seek Him. God says that if I do not seek him, I will not prosper. 

v21a - The shepherds do not seek the Lord

v21b - The shepherds do not prosper

The senseless and faithless shepherds will not propser in life and with their flock.

Jeremiah 9

 Scripture – Jeremiah 9

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 9:1-6 - The lament of Judah's exile
• Jeremiah 9:1-2 - Not enough tears
• Jeremiah 9:3-6 - Judah gives over to deception and lies
• Jeremiah 9:7-26 - The coming judgment and how to prepare for it
• Jeremiah 9:7-11 - The fact, reason, and coming of judgment
• Jeremiah 9:12-16 - The cause of the judgment
• Jeremiah 9:17-21 - Calling for the mourning women
• Jeremiah 9:22- - A description of the judgment
• Jeremiah 9:23-24 - How to prepare for the coming calamity: a true knowledge of God.
• Jeremiah 9:25-26 - A warning to those who reject the knowledge of God

Jeremiah 8

 Scripture – Jeremiah 8

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 8:1-3 - Those who are fallen
• Jeremiah 8:1-2 - Disgraced and fallen into judgment
• Jeremiah 8:3 - Choosing death rather than life
• Jeremiah 8:4-17 - Judah's stubborn folly
• Jeremiah 8:4-7 - Judah's stubborn refusal to return
• Jeremiah 8:8-9 - The folly of rejecting the word of the Lords
• Jeremiah 8:10-13 - The judgment to come upon those who reject the word of the LORD
• Jeremiah 8:14 - Fleeing to fortified cities under the judgment of God
• Jeremiah 8:15-17 - Looking for peace and finding trouble
• Jeremiah 8:18-22 - Judah in exile
• Jeremiah 8:18-19 - A vision of Judah in exile
• Jeremiah 8:20 - The despair of Judah
• Jeremiah 8:21-22 - Jeremiah's pain 

Jeremiah 7

 Scripture – Jeremiah 7

Observation – 

• Jeremiah 7:1-15 - The sermon at the gate
• Jeremiah 7:1-4 - Trust in the temple and external religion
• Jeremiah 7:5-7 - Real repentance and its reward
• Jeremiah 7:8-11 - Trusting in lying words
• Jeremiah 7:12-15 - The example of Shiloh
• Jeremiah 7:16-34 - The price of provoking God
• Jeremiah 7:16-19 - Don't pray for those who provoke the anger of the LORD
• Jeremiah 7:20 - God's answer to the provoking of his anger
• Jeremiah 7:21-26 - Disobedience and sacrifice
• Jeremiah 7:27 - The frustrating work of Jeremiah
• Jeremiah 7:28-31 - The evil of idolatry
• Jeremiah 7:32-34 - The dead in the valley