COMMENTARY:
: 1 Righteous are YOU, O LORD, when I plead with YOU: yet let me talk with YOU of YOUR judgments: Wherefore does the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (898 “deal very treacherously” [bagad] means transgressor, deceitfully, unfaithful men, to do wrong against someone by … Read More
COMMENTARY:
:3 And say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). Curse – to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on.
DEVOTION: Jeremiah is speaking to a group … Read More
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: 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (571 “true” [emeth] means firmness, faithfulness, truth, reliability, sureness, stability, or honesty.)
DEVOTION: Jeremiah continues to relay … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor; and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. (3925 “taught” [lamad] means learn, instruct, exercise in, to create by training and teaching, be skillful, well-versed, or to accustom oneself.)
DEVOTION: We … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 “At that time,” says the LORD, “they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. The New King James Version (Nashville: … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. (3190 “amend” [yatab] means do well, do good, make successful, or please.)
DEVOTION: The children of Israel were worshipping the Temple rather than GOD. They … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. (2654 “delight” [chaphets] means to take pleasure or delight in, desire, inclined, to take a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. (5545 “pardon” [calach] means forgive, release, or spare.… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. (571 “truth” [emeth] means right, faithful, firmness, stability, security, fidelity, permanence, or reliability.)
DEVOTION: One of the facts of the Word … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. (4878 “backsliding” [mashuwbah] means turning away, apostasy, faithlessness, falling away, a person who is … Read More