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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: Jeremiah
ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the Bible with a lightly dotted blank page opposite each page of Bible text, providing space to creatively engage with and reflect on the Word of God. Hand-lettered, gold-ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi are interspersed throughout the blank pages, inviting readers to add their own artwork or reflections to each page. These thin, portable notebooks have unique covers stamped with gold-foil and are great for art journaling, personal Bible reading and prayer, small-group Bible study, or taking notes through a sermon series.
Single-column format
Thick, opaque, cream-colored paper
Lightly dotted grid on blank pages opposite each page of Bible text
Gold-ink illustrations by artist Dana Tanamachi
Wide margins
Lay-flat binding
Unique covers stamped with gold-foil
Packaging: Backer O-wrap
Single-column format
Thick, opaque, cream-colored paper
Lightly dotted grid on blank pages opposite each page of Bible text
Gold-ink illustrations by artist Dana Tanamachi
Wide margins
Lay-flat binding
Unique covers stamped with gold-foil
Packaging: Backer O-wrap
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 201
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July 13, 2018
This is a book I don’t fully understand and will read multiple times in my life. The beauty I found in it this time is that, though God lays out punishments for those who go against His people, He also makes plans for great futures for those of His children who devotedly follow Him. I want to be one of those who devotedly follow Him, and I try my best to do so every day. This book was encouraging for me.
October 13, 2025
This book really struck me, as I deal with chronic depression. Jeremiah seems to have struggled with depression as well, and it’s very encouraging to me that he never gave up but kept pressing on, and God took care of him.
“Thus saith the Lord, ‘The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.’
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, ‘Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’”
I love the reminder that there’s rest in the wilderness and everlasting love for me. <3
I also love how fearlessly Jeremiah spoke truth! My thoughts on that are too long to list here, but I wrote them all out here: https://littleblossomsforjesus.wordpr...
“Thus saith the Lord, ‘The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.’
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, ‘Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’”
I love the reminder that there’s rest in the wilderness and everlasting love for me. <3
I also love how fearlessly Jeremiah spoke truth! My thoughts on that are too long to list here, but I wrote them all out here: https://littleblossomsforjesus.wordpr...
December 26, 2022
I shall give a full review at a later date.
October 27, 2024
Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible.
Some of you may be saying, "Huh? I thought Psalms was!"
While Psalms has the most chapters, Jeremiah has the highest word count. If you flip through the former Biblical book, you'll see that many of the songs of praise can be read in a minute or two; the latter, however, has numerous chapters that take several minutes to fully read.
Still, just like the rest of the Bible, Jeremiah is worth reading for any Christian; some great truths are found within its text.
Some of you may be saying, "Huh? I thought Psalms was!"
While Psalms has the most chapters, Jeremiah has the highest word count. If you flip through the former Biblical book, you'll see that many of the songs of praise can be read in a minute or two; the latter, however, has numerous chapters that take several minutes to fully read.
Still, just like the rest of the Bible, Jeremiah is worth reading for any Christian; some great truths are found within its text.
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October 13, 2018In the book of Leviticus, God had warned the Jewish people to obey the laws that had been given to them and to “not defile yourselves by any of these things which the nations whom I am driving out of your way have defiled themselves...otherwise the land will vomit you out also for having defiled it, just as it vomited out the nations before you.” The book of Jeremiah is about when this time finally came to pass, along with the sufferings and efforts of the eponymous prophet who had to bear witness to it all.
After the fall of Assyria, Judah came under the Egyptian sphere of influence. Pharaoh Necho had killed King Josiah in battle, but Necho in turn was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar who also gained Judah. The latter intrigued against Babylon and Jerusalem was sieged in retaliation. The Babylonians took King Jehoiachin prisoner and Zedekiah became the new king. Judah continued to intrigue against Babylon, against the advice of Jeremiah, leading to another siege in which the city and its temple were destroyed. Zedekiah was blinded and led into exile along with most of the Jewish population. So had begun the Babylonian Captivity.
As always there is a moral element to the history here. The Babylonian destruction of Judah was meant as a punishment for an apostate and utterly debauched civilization. Rampant idolatry, adultery, even child sacrifice was found in Judah, yet the people persisted in it and the nation was plagued by false prophets that failed to properly condemn this conduct and even participated in it. “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach as they wish” “Among Jerusalem's prophets I saw deeds still more shocking; Adultery, living in lies, siding with the wicked” “They say to those who despise the word of the Lord, 'Peace shall be yours”; and to everyone who walks in hardness of heart, “no evil shall overtake you,' The last thing you would hear from the false prophets was that obedience to God involved some sort of difficulty or challenge to what was popular.
In contrast, see the life of Jeremiah. This is one of the most poignant accounts of a prophet's ministry in the entire Old Testament. Through Jeremiah's dialogue you see the vivid toll that persecution was taking on him. “You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped...All the day I am an object of laughter...the word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all day...cursed be the day on which I was born, may the day my mother gave birth never be blessed...Why did I come forth from the womb, to see sorrow and pain to end my days in shame...”
He is tempted to stop preaching, but doesn't go through with it. "...the Lord is with me...my persecutors shall stumble and will not triumph.
It's the personal conflict faced by a prophet, but reminiscent of a wide variety of vocations. A person sets out to follow God, but then encounters the opposition of the world, the agonies of temptation, or simply the unforeseen misfortunes of life. It can take a huge toll on one, but the lesson is not to give up.
Jeremiah was being painted as a traitor, even possibly an agent of Babylon. All people could see was their lifestyles being threatened, even accusing Jeremiah of not being interested “in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin.” It's an unfortunate view of welfare. They couldn't see beyond the worldly to realize that Judah had already been destroyed spiritually. Amidst the condemnations you do see a promise of mercy however, which Judah didn't listen to, but even when it was too late God never intended to annihilate his people.
The exile was meant to be penance, a moral regeneration and not the end of the Jewish nation. In the analogy of the fig baskets, it is implied that those that had remained in Judah would perish while those who faced the exile in Babylon would be restored. There was a wooden yoke that Jeremiah was wearing as a symbol of his message, and the false prophet Hananiah broke it off from him as a sign of rejecting that message. “Thus says the Lord by breaking a wooden yoke, you forge an iron yoke” Whenever we try to avoid the hardships of following God's will, of avoiding sin, we always make things worse for ourselves.
In Babylon it was assured to the exiles that “the Lord plans for your welfare, not for woe, plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray for me, I will listen to you. When you seek me with all your heart you will find me with you, says the Lord” One is never far from God amidst hardship, only amidst sin.
After the fall of Assyria, Judah came under the Egyptian sphere of influence. Pharaoh Necho had killed King Josiah in battle, but Necho in turn was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar who also gained Judah. The latter intrigued against Babylon and Jerusalem was sieged in retaliation. The Babylonians took King Jehoiachin prisoner and Zedekiah became the new king. Judah continued to intrigue against Babylon, against the advice of Jeremiah, leading to another siege in which the city and its temple were destroyed. Zedekiah was blinded and led into exile along with most of the Jewish population. So had begun the Babylonian Captivity.
As always there is a moral element to the history here. The Babylonian destruction of Judah was meant as a punishment for an apostate and utterly debauched civilization. Rampant idolatry, adultery, even child sacrifice was found in Judah, yet the people persisted in it and the nation was plagued by false prophets that failed to properly condemn this conduct and even participated in it. “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach as they wish” “Among Jerusalem's prophets I saw deeds still more shocking; Adultery, living in lies, siding with the wicked” “They say to those who despise the word of the Lord, 'Peace shall be yours”; and to everyone who walks in hardness of heart, “no evil shall overtake you,' The last thing you would hear from the false prophets was that obedience to God involved some sort of difficulty or challenge to what was popular.
In contrast, see the life of Jeremiah. This is one of the most poignant accounts of a prophet's ministry in the entire Old Testament. Through Jeremiah's dialogue you see the vivid toll that persecution was taking on him. “You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped...All the day I am an object of laughter...the word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all day...cursed be the day on which I was born, may the day my mother gave birth never be blessed...Why did I come forth from the womb, to see sorrow and pain to end my days in shame...”
He is tempted to stop preaching, but doesn't go through with it. "...the Lord is with me...my persecutors shall stumble and will not triumph.
It's the personal conflict faced by a prophet, but reminiscent of a wide variety of vocations. A person sets out to follow God, but then encounters the opposition of the world, the agonies of temptation, or simply the unforeseen misfortunes of life. It can take a huge toll on one, but the lesson is not to give up.
Jeremiah was being painted as a traitor, even possibly an agent of Babylon. All people could see was their lifestyles being threatened, even accusing Jeremiah of not being interested “in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin.” It's an unfortunate view of welfare. They couldn't see beyond the worldly to realize that Judah had already been destroyed spiritually. Amidst the condemnations you do see a promise of mercy however, which Judah didn't listen to, but even when it was too late God never intended to annihilate his people.
The exile was meant to be penance, a moral regeneration and not the end of the Jewish nation. In the analogy of the fig baskets, it is implied that those that had remained in Judah would perish while those who faced the exile in Babylon would be restored. There was a wooden yoke that Jeremiah was wearing as a symbol of his message, and the false prophet Hananiah broke it off from him as a sign of rejecting that message. “Thus says the Lord by breaking a wooden yoke, you forge an iron yoke” Whenever we try to avoid the hardships of following God's will, of avoiding sin, we always make things worse for ourselves.
In Babylon it was assured to the exiles that “the Lord plans for your welfare, not for woe, plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray for me, I will listen to you. When you seek me with all your heart you will find me with you, says the Lord” One is never far from God amidst hardship, only amidst sin.
May 4, 2018
I don't know why I picked to read this book of the Bible at the beginning of the year. I think it was because of the fact that I sort of skimmed through it last year when I was trying to finish reading through the whole Bible.
Anyway, it was absolutely amazing how in every singe prophecy of doom there was always a sliver of salvation, a promise, hope, or a choice! There was ALWAYS redemption spoken of in the end. (When talking to the Israelites)
I'm glad to have read all the way through this book again. :D
Anyway, it was absolutely amazing how in every singe prophecy of doom there was always a sliver of salvation, a promise, hope, or a choice! There was ALWAYS redemption spoken of in the end. (When talking to the Israelites)
I'm glad to have read all the way through this book again. :D
December 30, 2021
The book of Jeremiah is near and dear to my heart. I have been on a journey with it, and I feel like I know Jeremiah on a deeper level now. He stands as an inspiration for me. Among his people, Jeremiah was probably the odd one out because he was obedient to God when everyone else was disobedient. Not only that, but he inspires me because he continued to give God's messages even when it became hard, even when people wanted to silence him. One of my favorite verses from this book is Jeremiah 20:9. I love this verse because Jeremiah is saying how he cannot keep quiet about God because of a passion in his heart and bones. Another verse I love from this book is Jeremiah 1:5. I love this because it reminds me that God created me for a purpose. I truly want to fulfill His plan for my life.
One thing I noticed in the book of Jeremiah that I'd like to share is that just about every time there was a message of destruction, a message of hope and restoration followed. This taught me that God always is and always will be our hope. He is the only provider of hope. I feel like this book also shows that Jesus is our salvation from punishment. If we don't listen to God's warnings, we will follow the same path as Jerusalem. The warnings are eye-opening but also caused me to take a moment to truly thank Jesus for choosing to give His life to save those who believe in Him from sin, punishment, and death.
Even though I learned a lot from the book of Jeremiah, I realized after completing it that there is still more for me to learn. My mom was telling me the other day that some of the prophecies in Jeremiah are about things in Revelations. I found this interesting because I did not pick up on it while reading through Jeremiah. So now, (after I finish reading through Lamentations) I'd like to go read Revelations and study it.
This is probably the longest review I have ever done, lol. (And most of this was written in my journal first, so it's a little scary posting it in a public place.) Anyway, to wrap this up, I totally recommend that you read Jeremiah, and I pray that it will change your life as it has mine. God bless you.<3
One thing I noticed in the book of Jeremiah that I'd like to share is that just about every time there was a message of destruction, a message of hope and restoration followed. This taught me that God always is and always will be our hope. He is the only provider of hope. I feel like this book also shows that Jesus is our salvation from punishment. If we don't listen to God's warnings, we will follow the same path as Jerusalem. The warnings are eye-opening but also caused me to take a moment to truly thank Jesus for choosing to give His life to save those who believe in Him from sin, punishment, and death.
Even though I learned a lot from the book of Jeremiah, I realized after completing it that there is still more for me to learn. My mom was telling me the other day that some of the prophecies in Jeremiah are about things in Revelations. I found this interesting because I did not pick up on it while reading through Jeremiah. So now, (after I finish reading through Lamentations) I'd like to go read Revelations and study it.
This is probably the longest review I have ever done, lol. (And most of this was written in my journal first, so it's a little scary posting it in a public place.) Anyway, to wrap this up, I totally recommend that you read Jeremiah, and I pray that it will change your life as it has mine. God bless you.<3
July 4, 2025
The book of Jeremiah contains a detailed history of Jeremiah's prophetic warnings to the nation of Judah and adjacent nations and then some of the outcomes of those prophecies.
The first time through the book, I was depressed by the bleak fate of Judah and their stubborn unwillingness to listen. After re-reading it perhaps a dozen times over the last 48 years, I realize how long-suffering and patient God was and still is. Everything that happened was starkly told to the leaders and people of Judah, complete with dramatic presentations by Jeremiah.
Anyone wishing to study Jeremiah in depth should study it in parallel with the history of Israel and Judah. Begin with 1 and 2 Kings and coordinate those with 1 and 2 Chronicles. I found Kay Arthur's detailed inductive Bible study to be very helpful.
For those who've never read it before, I suggest you just skim through it, reading to get a sense of each chapter and the story flow of what Jeremiah is saying. The key facts are: 1. God judges sin and will punish it; 2. God warns people before He punishes; 3. God restores and heals people after His punishment; 4. God has a permanent solution for sin, the New Covenant. It is first mentioned in this book. It involves changing the human heart.
The first time through the book, I was depressed by the bleak fate of Judah and their stubborn unwillingness to listen. After re-reading it perhaps a dozen times over the last 48 years, I realize how long-suffering and patient God was and still is. Everything that happened was starkly told to the leaders and people of Judah, complete with dramatic presentations by Jeremiah.
Anyone wishing to study Jeremiah in depth should study it in parallel with the history of Israel and Judah. Begin with 1 and 2 Kings and coordinate those with 1 and 2 Chronicles. I found Kay Arthur's detailed inductive Bible study to be very helpful.
For those who've never read it before, I suggest you just skim through it, reading to get a sense of each chapter and the story flow of what Jeremiah is saying. The key facts are: 1. God judges sin and will punish it; 2. God warns people before He punishes; 3. God restores and heals people after His punishment; 4. God has a permanent solution for sin, the New Covenant. It is first mentioned in this book. It involves changing the human heart.
October 9, 2017
In January 2015 I set myself the challenge to read the complete Bible within a year. I discovered that was an unrealistic challenge, and decided to pick up my Bible as and when I felt ready to read more of it. Yesterday, I picked it up for the first time in almost 6 months, but I spent a couple of hours reading it, so I'm getting there.
Jeremiah is the second of the Prophets in the Old Testament. I found Jeremiah a much heavier and darker read than Isaiah, so didn't enjoy this book quite a much.
Jeremiah is the second of the Prophets in the Old Testament. I found Jeremiah a much heavier and darker read than Isaiah, so didn't enjoy this book quite a much.
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August 28, 2024Okay love this book so much…. But for a boy he wrote some complicated things to understand. I am still in awe knowing a 13 or 14 year old boy wrote this!!!! Again I need a break and probs going to try a more easier Bible book lol. But this book is amazing and great for learning that even a small kid can quite literally lead more than hundreds of people to God 🙏
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May 17, 2019Right now I'm just really glad I'm not Jeremiah. Or the Israelites who kept making bad choices. Yet life usually makes everyone choose between the two options. I'm glad for a God who gives second chances, because it's hard being a Jeremiah!
December 31, 2019
I was blessed to read this powerful book with a group of ladies who enriched my reading experience.
I remember how I feared God before I had ever read the Bible: as a very scary, kind of mean, unknowable being. I had heard His command to love Him, and it frightened me because I knew I didn’t. Of course, how could I love someone I didn’t know? Once I actually read the Bible, I saw that my view of a mean, judgmental God who was constantly watching for my flaws, mistakes, and sins, was so very far from the truth of what He revealed in scripture. Indeed, I was overwhelmed by His incredible patience and His everlasting love for His people, despite their unfaithfulness, ungratefulness, rebellion, and hatred.
Jeremiah wonderfully encapsulates this truth. The people of Israel, His own chosen people, lived in outright rebellion against God, chasing other gods, betraying all their promises. And yet God, through the prophet Jeremiah, spent years pleading with them to come back to Him and avoid the destruction that was coming. Over and over again He promised to extend mercy, and yet the people refused. How stubborn and foolish is the human heart!
Another thing I particularly loved about this book is the way it reveals how God uses everything for His glory and causes all things to align with His will. In this day, when we vote for our leaders (at least here in the West), we may imagine we have far more to do with the ordering of history than we do. And when we see evil rulers, we question how these leaders can remain in power. But evil or good, all contribute to bring to pass the will of the Lord. His power, His knowledge, His wisdom, and His might truly have no end.
I remember how I feared God before I had ever read the Bible: as a very scary, kind of mean, unknowable being. I had heard His command to love Him, and it frightened me because I knew I didn’t. Of course, how could I love someone I didn’t know? Once I actually read the Bible, I saw that my view of a mean, judgmental God who was constantly watching for my flaws, mistakes, and sins, was so very far from the truth of what He revealed in scripture. Indeed, I was overwhelmed by His incredible patience and His everlasting love for His people, despite their unfaithfulness, ungratefulness, rebellion, and hatred.
Jeremiah wonderfully encapsulates this truth. The people of Israel, His own chosen people, lived in outright rebellion against God, chasing other gods, betraying all their promises. And yet God, through the prophet Jeremiah, spent years pleading with them to come back to Him and avoid the destruction that was coming. Over and over again He promised to extend mercy, and yet the people refused. How stubborn and foolish is the human heart!
Another thing I particularly loved about this book is the way it reveals how God uses everything for His glory and causes all things to align with His will. In this day, when we vote for our leaders (at least here in the West), we may imagine we have far more to do with the ordering of history than we do. And when we see evil rulers, we question how these leaders can remain in power. But evil or good, all contribute to bring to pass the will of the Lord. His power, His knowledge, His wisdom, and His might truly have no end.
May 24, 2016
A book to learn about being faithful to God, and about God's heartbroken judgment for our sins. God has to do horrible things because of us.
August 30, 2025
8/7/2024 - 8/14/2024 with The Bible Recap
8/7/2025 - 8/14/2025 with The Bible Recap
8/7/2025 - 8/14/2025 with The Bible Recap
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September 3, 2020Jeremiah is one of those books you can't really read in small, deconstructed bits. I read it quickly this time around, and the plot really came together. There's a lot of repetition, and (as usual in the Bible) big themes represented in strange images which, once you figure out what they mean, are pretty familiar and make perfect sense. A book to be read in two or three sittings if possible.
The exile of Judah reads, for Christians, as a primary point of reference for how to consider the church's relation to the world. Jeremiah's, well,jeremiads... are a bummer -- perhaps even the zenith of bummerdom -- but they are also peppered with encouragements about the future of Judah, what its life will be like in the land of exile ("it will be well with you"), YHWH's instructions for them there, and the promise that they are not being punished without limit. Following this, the wrath of God turns upon the pagan nations, and finally Babylon itself, and destruction is called down upon it for its pride. No one gets out unscathed, in the end.
Maybe the saddest part of the book is the treatment of Jeremiah himself. His countrymen revile him, disbelieve him, throw him down a well, and he ends up being among the crowd making the worst possible choice every time there is a choice to be made. The prophet has no honor in his own country.
The exile of Judah reads, for Christians, as a primary point of reference for how to consider the church's relation to the world. Jeremiah's, well,jeremiads... are a bummer -- perhaps even the zenith of bummerdom -- but they are also peppered with encouragements about the future of Judah, what its life will be like in the land of exile ("it will be well with you"), YHWH's instructions for them there, and the promise that they are not being punished without limit. Following this, the wrath of God turns upon the pagan nations, and finally Babylon itself, and destruction is called down upon it for its pride. No one gets out unscathed, in the end.
Maybe the saddest part of the book is the treatment of Jeremiah himself. His countrymen revile him, disbelieve him, throw him down a well, and he ends up being among the crowd making the worst possible choice every time there is a choice to be made. The prophet has no honor in his own country.
September 14, 2024
Jeremiah 1 and Jeremiah 29 are my favourites. An interesting book where Jeremiah struggles through having to deliver tough messages, depression and has to stand up against false prophets (Zedekiah, Ahab, Jeremiah of Anathoth, Shemaiah the Nehelamite and Hananiah). Unfortunately the Israelites don’t listen to Jeremiah and go to Egypt where they suffer and some die as Jeremiah had prophesied. In the version I listened to (which was the Berean Bible on the Bedtime bible app) the word remnant was used a lot to describe the Israelite population.
May 11, 2024
The BOOK OF JEREMIAH filled the plot holes of 2 KINGS when God wiped out Jerusalem. Prophet Jeremiah gave a warning, but as predicted by God, the people neither listened nor believed him. "They will fight you, but they will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken (Jeremiah 1:19)!"
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June 7, 2024I think the fact that it took me 7 months to finish these 52 chapters says enough about how hard it was for me to study Jeremiah. I believe every book of the Bible has value to us, this is just one of the books of the Bible that I’m very grateful that scholars far smarter than me have given us some “sparknotes” for 😬
September 13, 2025
Jeremiah. The weeping prophet. Definitely not a book filled with joy, but an honest and important one in the history of God’s people.
December 16, 2015
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1:
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
BLESS THE NAME OF JESUS!
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
BLESS THE NAME OF JESUS!
September 17, 2020
Sidenote: The reason for such vague and short and "eh" words on each of these books, is because I wasn't challenging the study of the Bible when I read these. I was challenging myself to read the whole Bible in a year because I knew it would be discipline to keep at it daily. I do, however, plan to pick up a book and study what it is saying. Those will be longer reads and more notes.
So here is my review from my "Read the Bible in a Year" challenge. Usually just snippets of thoughts and random things I liked about the book itself. Nothing in-depth.
So here is my review of Jeremiah.
Another prophetic book. My thoughts are more or less the same as they were for the previous book, Isaiah. I would love to study this book further if I ever get the chance.
So here is my review from my "Read the Bible in a Year" challenge. Usually just snippets of thoughts and random things I liked about the book itself. Nothing in-depth.
So here is my review of Jeremiah.
Another prophetic book. My thoughts are more or less the same as they were for the previous book, Isaiah. I would love to study this book further if I ever get the chance.
September 15, 2014
The book of Jeremiah, I find this one very eventful and extremely exciting, seeing how patience and merciful God was -and still is- with his children makes you feel so shameful of your deeds but very trusty of His love and forgiveness.
About Jeremiah, I really can see it now why he is being called the crying prophet "النبى الباكى " for he have seen too much and have been through too much and still he never lost his faith in God's Salvation.
I really would like to know more and study more about this very special prophet and his book.
About Jeremiah, I really can see it now why he is being called the crying prophet "النبى الباكى " for he have seen too much and have been through too much and still he never lost his faith in God's Salvation.
I really would like to know more and study more about this very special prophet and his book.
March 26, 2016
It's hard to read Jeremiah but it is worth trying to understand. The Lord is warning, through His prophet, the people of Judah of the consequences of their evil ways. And we can apply that to our lives today.
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October 17, 2025Reading this this year (2022) the comparisons to the state of the US couldn’t have been more clear. Gods mercy shown clearly in this book despite the sin, even in saving a remnant as they finally go into captivity.
November 21, 2022
Jeremiah has these nuggets of absolute gold written in there. Here are some of my favorites:
5:7-15 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them. Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. “Nevertheless in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a complete end of you. And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours."
7:18-19 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
31:31-34 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
The meaning of Jeremiah is pretty plain- "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me".
The beauty of Jeremiah comes from the language as he describes the mercy of God. There is mercy as we obey God and as we repent, of course. There is also mercy from God as we sin but that won't last forever. The part in chapter 5 " Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men."
There is more in heaven and earth and the universe than we know or comprehend, but God knows everything and protects us here on this little planet we call home. We take for granted the space given us for repentance. We take for granted the mercy of God by which we live day to day whether we are good or bad, but at some point God will acquaint us with more than we currently know and we will realize how great His mercy has been.
5:7-15 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them. Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. “Nevertheless in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a complete end of you. And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours."
7:18-19 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
31:31-34 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
The meaning of Jeremiah is pretty plain- "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me".
The beauty of Jeremiah comes from the language as he describes the mercy of God. There is mercy as we obey God and as we repent, of course. There is also mercy from God as we sin but that won't last forever. The part in chapter 5 " Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men."
There is more in heaven and earth and the universe than we know or comprehend, but God knows everything and protects us here on this little planet we call home. We take for granted the space given us for repentance. We take for granted the mercy of God by which we live day to day whether we are good or bad, but at some point God will acquaint us with more than we currently know and we will realize how great His mercy has been.
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Jeremiah was a prophet who came from a Anathoth three miles from Jerusalem. He was set aside by God to be a prophet. His father was a very high priest—Hilkiah, who in 2 Kings brought forth the law to Josiah which ushered in a great revival in the Kingdom.
Jeremiah ministered over the reigns of Judah’s last five kings. The nation was in decline and rapidly sliding towards destruction and was conquered by Babylon in 586 B.C.
Jeremiah consistently urged his people to repent from their wicked ways of idol worship and child sacrifice that surrounding tribes were practicing without being heeded.
The fate of Jerusalem was sealed by their sins, disobedience and lack of righteousness. God through Jeremiah confronted their sins even those of kings and false prophets. Those who fail to confess their sins and repent will bring judgement on themselves.
God will not shelter us under his wings if we rebel against him, he will let the hammer fall down upon us. If we confess our sins and ask for forgiveness our Heavenly Father will relent and show mercy and he will protect us from all attacks. He will grant us deliverance and His favour, kindness, love and peace will be extended.
We see God did not forsake his people by his promise through Jeremiah which was fulfilled that he would destroy the Babylonians and return His people back to Jerusalem. He had to let the rotten fruit of their disobedience be consumed like poison and death to prune the wicked rot of idolatry and pagan worship from His beloved people because they would not obey.
God will sometimes allow bad things to befall us as an act of love to shake us up and realise we have become disobedient and to confess our sins, repent and ask for forgiveness.
Jeremiah ministered over the reigns of Judah’s last five kings. The nation was in decline and rapidly sliding towards destruction and was conquered by Babylon in 586 B.C.
Jeremiah consistently urged his people to repent from their wicked ways of idol worship and child sacrifice that surrounding tribes were practicing without being heeded.
The fate of Jerusalem was sealed by their sins, disobedience and lack of righteousness. God through Jeremiah confronted their sins even those of kings and false prophets. Those who fail to confess their sins and repent will bring judgement on themselves.
God will not shelter us under his wings if we rebel against him, he will let the hammer fall down upon us. If we confess our sins and ask for forgiveness our Heavenly Father will relent and show mercy and he will protect us from all attacks. He will grant us deliverance and His favour, kindness, love and peace will be extended.
We see God did not forsake his people by his promise through Jeremiah which was fulfilled that he would destroy the Babylonians and return His people back to Jerusalem. He had to let the rotten fruit of their disobedience be consumed like poison and death to prune the wicked rot of idolatry and pagan worship from His beloved people because they would not obey.
God will sometimes allow bad things to befall us as an act of love to shake us up and realise we have become disobedient and to confess our sins, repent and ask for forgiveness.
June 7, 2025
The book of Isaiah and the book of Jeremiah have so many thing in common. God chose them both to send their clear message to advice Israelites that they are going to get punished for their sins. Good didn’t actually threatened them by his words, but he advised them to come Back from their sins and remember their oath with Yahweh who saved them from Egyptians and their pharaoh. It was actually saddening to read about Jeremiah who was lonely and scared in the middle of lost Israelites, knowing that god would send their punishment while Jeremiah asked god to forgive them in his prayers and prayed for Judah so many times that god wanted him to stop praying for those sinful people. At the other hand he should’ve preached the words of god for the people who were lost and he should’ve warned them that their punishment would soon arrive and that’s how they were gonna murder Jeremiah while he was in jail for his holy words. When I was reading the messages of god, I was afraid because God’s wrath is too scary, it’s scary but it’s like a cure or medicine for sick people who should get healed asap. So let’s read this book and think about it’s words as god won’t send us any message anymore as he has sent all his messages before and we should read it and stop committing sins as we should live Godlike like Jesus Christ who made no sin in his entire life and showed us that we should live like him. God Bless You all and May Jesus Christ Be With You… .
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August 6, 2023
Because Jeremiah prophesied in the final years of Judah before God’s people were exiled to Babylon, it makes sense that the book’s overarching theme is judgment. Indeed, the first forty-five chapters focus primarily on the judgment coming to Judah because of its disbelief and disobedience. However, an element of grace is also present in these events. The fall of Jerusalem comes nearly nine hundred years after the original covenant between God and the Israelites in the Sinai desert (Exodus 24:1–18). Such an extended period of time witnesses to God’s great patience and mercy, allowing His people the opportunity to turn from their sinful ways—a lifestyle they began not long after they struck the original covenant with God (32:1–35).
Seeing God’s patience with His people in the Old Testament reminds us that God has always been and continues to be merciful. That His chosen people routinely ignored the covenant they made with Him for the better part of a millennia without immediate death and destruction should give us hope in our own struggles with living well for God. Though we fail Him, He is patient with us, working in us to bring about the best for our lives.
But the book of Jeremiah also reminds us that an end will certainly come, a truth that should spur us to follow after God wholeheartedly. Will you follow Him?
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Seeing God’s patience with His people in the Old Testament reminds us that God has always been and continues to be merciful. That His chosen people routinely ignored the covenant they made with Him for the better part of a millennia without immediate death and destruction should give us hope in our own struggles with living well for God. Though we fail Him, He is patient with us, working in us to bring about the best for our lives.
But the book of Jeremiah also reminds us that an end will certainly come, a truth that should spur us to follow after God wholeheartedly. Will you follow Him?
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November 3, 2019
This is, in some ways, one of the more depressing books of the Bible. Things are basically at their lowest point in Israel and Judah, and there isn't a lot of good happening . . . sure, it's the people's fault, essentially--but that doesn't make for easy reading, regardless.
Thankfully, some of the Bible's most REDEMPTIVE verses are also present here, like "I know the plans I have for you, etc." (29:11).
It's interesting that the text we have leaves off on such a mixed note, with King Jehoaichin of Judah eating at the table of the king of Babylon. I mean, sure, he's not in prison, so that's kind of hopeful, I guess? But he's also still under the thumb of the the regime that destroyed his country.
I can't say I envy Jeremiah his job. Who REALLY wants to go around every day telling people that their world is about to end and it's all their fault? Not exactly a recipe for popularity. But that also makes Jeremiah one of the most courageous figures in the Bible.
Thankfully, some of the Bible's most REDEMPTIVE verses are also present here, like "I know the plans I have for you, etc." (29:11).
It's interesting that the text we have leaves off on such a mixed note, with King Jehoaichin of Judah eating at the table of the king of Babylon. I mean, sure, he's not in prison, so that's kind of hopeful, I guess? But he's also still under the thumb of the the regime that destroyed his country.
I can't say I envy Jeremiah his job. Who REALLY wants to go around every day telling people that their world is about to end and it's all their fault? Not exactly a recipe for popularity. But that also makes Jeremiah one of the most courageous figures in the Bible.
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