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Category: Major Prophets

The Major Prophets proclaim God’s judgment for sin, His call to repentance, and promises of restoration. They emphasize God’s sovereignty, holiness, and the coming Messiah, who brings salvation and establishes God’s eternal kingdom. These prophecies find their fulfillment in Christ, the suffering Servant and reigning King.

  • Jeremiah 12 Commentary

    This Jeremiah 12 commentary is a continuation of our Jeremiah 11 commentary… Jeremiah 12 Commentary Verse 1 Well, now that the Lord has promised vengeance on Jeremiah’s conspirators, Jeremiah responds to the Lord with praise. … And then a few questions about the way things are in the world – especially in Jeremiah’s time in…

    Jeremiah 12 Commentary
  • Jeremiah 11 14 Commentary

    Jeremiah 11 14 Commentary: So, the Lord will punish his covenant-breaking people. And their response will be to turn – not to the true God who’s bringing the punishments – but to the false gods who can’t help them. And this leads the Lord to again tell Jeremiah to not pray for these people in…

    Jeremiah 11 14 Commentary
  • Jeremiah 11 Summary

    We hope you enjoy this free digital Jeremiah 11 summary. Now, when we open to this chapter we enter into a brand new section in Jeremiah, so I won’t go into any background. Instead we’ll dive right into the text. There are two words that I think pretty-well describe this two-chapter section of Jeremiah 11-12.…

    Jeremiah 11 Summary
  • Jeremiah 10 Commentary, Devotional, Summary, Sermon

    Let’s turn to Jeremiah 10 for this Jeremiah 10 commentary article… Jeremiah 10 Commentary Background In our last lesson we saw the Lord offering Judah Defeat for her Deceit. And that message was situated within the section that spans Jeremiah 7-10. And we’ve seen that the overall message of that section has been Righteousness over Ritual.…

    Jeremiah 10 Commentary, Devotional, Summary, Sermon
  • Jeremiah 9 KJV

    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,…

    Jeremiah 9 KJV
  • Jeremiah 8 KJV

    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…

    Jeremiah 8 KJV
  • Jeremiah 7 Summary

    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.

    Jeremiah 7 Summary