Author: Explaining the Book

Today we’ll finish God’s message of judgement against Babylon. That message started at the beginning of chapter 50 and now ends in verse 58 of chapter 51. 58 verses. One message. With God’s help! I would start by noting that God thinks this is an important message. Chapter 50 featured 46 verses on this topic…

We’re almost to the end of the section in Jeremiah where God has been declaring judgement on the unrepentant nations of Jeremiah’s day. And this judgement would be meted out by the nation of Babylon. But today in chapter 50 we’re going to see that after God used Babylon to punish the known-world of Jeremiah’s…

Jeremiah 49 CommentaryAmmon and Edom Turn to Jeremiah 49. We continue the section in Jeremiah that has God promising judgement for several nations of Jeremiah’s time. They had not submitted to God’s authority – oftentimes by not submitting to Babylon. And therefore they would not “live.” Just like what happened to Judah. And in the…

Moab (48:1-20) Now, for the entirety of chapter 48 – all 47 verses of it! – we have God’s message of judgement for Moab. Intro (48:1a) We’re given an introduction to this message at the beginning of verse 1. 48:1 ¶ Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Now, Moab was…

Jeremiah 47 Summary: Jeremiah chapter 47 is directed against the nation known as the Philistines – as we can see in verse 1. KJV Jeremiah 47:1 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet [against/concerning] the Philistines, before that Pharaoh [smote/struck down/attacked] Gaza. And the date of this oracle was probably 609…

Jeremiah 46 Commentary: Turn to Jeremiah, chapter 46. As we enter the 46th chapter of the book of Jeremiah we come to the second-to-last major section of the book. We just finished witnessing the “Bitter End of Judah” in chapters 36-45. Now we enter the section of the book that runs from chapters 46-51 that…

Jeremiah 45 5 MeaningFate of Baruch But then the Lord presents another fate. In verse 5 he promises a certain fate to Baruch. And he’s going to hear God promise him a fate that is in stark contrast to that of the destruction that’s coming to the world. Jeremiah 45 5 MeaningChange in Plans But…