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Jeremiah 14:22 “Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.” Jeremiah laments the foolishness of idolatry, knowing that…

Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.” This declaration of Jeremiah strikes at the very ego of mankind. We don’t want to hear such talk because we are filled with…

Jeremiah 9:25 “Behold the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—“ The nation of Israel saw the sign of circumcision as a surety of the promises of God, but they failed to see that the same sign was…

Jeremiah 8:21, 22 “For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?”…

Jeremiah 7:16 “As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.” This verse is God talking to the prophet. God has been pointing out the evil of the people…

Jeremiah 5:29 “Shall I not punish them for these things? Declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?” I don’t wish to be an alarmist or a doomsday prophet but these two questions are sobering in nature. What are the things? What is…

Jeremiah 5:22 “Do you not fear me? Declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.” Obviously neither…

Jeremiah 5:1 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.” We remember when Abraham asked God to spare the cities of Sodom…

Jeremiah 4:14 “O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?” Verse after verse Jeremiah has outlined the sins of Judah, sins so bad that God said they were worse than Israel. Why the long list of wrong…

Jeremiah 2:27 “…who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us!’” Isn’t this so like us? We…