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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.

  • Lamentations 1 Summary Verse 1

    In the first verse of Lamentations 1, Jeremiah describes Jerusalem’s humiliating descent from: 1) Fullness to emptiness, 2) Prominence to widowhood, and 3) Ruling to being ruled

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  • Jeremiah 52 Summary

    Today we finish the book of Jeremiah. What we started 57 lessons ago in January of 2016 we will Lord willing finish today! We spent the last two lessons on God’s promise to destroy proud Babylon in chapters 50 and 51. But last time we ended at verse 58 of chapter 51. So we’ll pick…

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  • Jeremiah 51 Commentary

    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…

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  • Jeremiah 50 Commentary

    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…

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  • Jeremiah 49 Commentary

    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…

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  • Jeremiah 48 Commentary

    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…

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  • Jeremiah 47 Summary

    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…

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