COMMENTARY:
: 16b–17 I prayed to the LORD, saying: ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: Sometimes situations and circumstances threaten our belief in God and His power. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 For thus says the LORD, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, O LORD, save YOUR people, the remnant of Israel. (8057 “gladness” [simchah] means the emotion of great happiness and pleasure, jubilation, mirth, joy, or hold a feast.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 1–2 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, “Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 3789 כָּתַב [kathab /kaw·thab/] – to write, inscribe, engrave, write … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 – Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: Recently a young man enrolled into college and was denied because his social security … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 The prophet which prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall some to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD has truly sent him. (7965 “peace” [shalom] means well, prosperity, health, completeness, tranquilly, contentment, or harmonious relations and freedom from disputes.)
DEVOTION: There is a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me (The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982)
DEVOTION: Speaking to authority and powers can be … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Thus says the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command you to speak unto them; diminish not a word. (1639 “diminish” [gara] means omit, reduce, subtract, decrease, to scrape … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking: but you have not hearkened. (8085 “hearkened” [shama] means … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1-2 The Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. One … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1–2 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 7462 רָעָה, רָעָה [raʿah /raw·aw/] – to tend, pasture, to shepherd, ruler, teacher (fig), of people as flock (fig), shepherd, herdsman.
DEVOTION: Yahweh announced coming judgment on the … Read More