Category: Jeremiah

We hope you enjoy studying with us Jeremiah 9 KJV at ExplainingTheBook.com! So, as we saw from Jeremiah 8, Jeremiah was genuinely filled with sorrow for his people. He wasn’t callous to their plight. He grieved for them. Jeremiah 9 KJV | Grief 9:1 Oh that my head were [i.e., a well full of] waters,…

We hope you’ll enjoy this free digital study of Jeremiah 8 KJV from your pals at ExplainingTheBook.com! Well, when that army comes, many who are living will die. We saw that in the last few verses. But in addition to consequences for those who are alive at that time, there will be consequences even for…

As we enter Jeremiah 7:1-26 we’ve finished a major section of the book of Jeremiah that ran from Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 6:30. So now we pick up a new major section which runs from Jeremiah 7:1 to the end of Jeremiah 10.

In this Jeremiah 6 summary we’ll study the entirety of Jeremiah 6:1-30. And that means that we’re finishing up the section in Jeremiah that started back in Jeremiah 3:6 and ends with Jeremiah 6:30. In our first post in this section we saw God comparing the sins of both Israel and Judah. He concluded that Israel…

What the prophet discovers in Jeremiah 5:3-5 is that all Judah – from the greatest to the least of them – refuse to repent.

God gives Israel (and the over-hearing residents of Judah) a model of repentance in Jeremiah 3:19-25. So now God follows that up by emphasizing that any repentance that hopes to result in God’s blessings must bear fruit in the lives of those who exercise it. Sincerity of Repentance Probed God first probes the sincerity of repentance (Jeremiah 4:1).…

Jeremiah 3:14-18 declare God’s promised blessings for exiled Israel if they turn from their sin and back to him. Then the Lord follows that up in Jeremiah 4:19-25 where he gives a template or model of repentance. He wants it to be clear to Israel as far as what he’s looking for from them. God’s Initiating Desire to Bless…