Obedience and Hardship
Jeremiah Study 39
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- Jeremiah 42:1-6
- The remaining leaders and people go to Jeremiah
- “Jeremiah please pray to YOUR G_D for us.”
- Jeremiah, “I will pray to YOUR G_D…”
- People, “We will listen to YOUR G_D and do whatever He says…”
- Jeremiah 42: 7-22
- 10 days pass for the answer
- Stay in the land and YHWH will build you up and not tear down
- Don’t be afraid of the King of Babylon
- I will save you
- I will deliver you
- I will show compassion
- If you are disobedient
- the sword you are afraid of will take you
- famine will follow
- pestilence and no survivors
- Deuteronomy 8
- 10 days pass for the answer
- Jeremiah 43:1-7
- Did they listen?
- NO
- Where did they go?
- Egypt.
- Does Israel have a history with Egypt?
- Did they listen?
- Jeremiah 43:8-13
- Stones placed in the brick terrace of Pharaoh’s palace.
- YHWH will set Nebuchadnezzar over these stones (metaphor)
- YHWH will strike the land of Egypt
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- Jeremiah 40:1-6
- Nebuzaradan: In country military commander of Jerusalem, reported to Nebuchadnezzar
- v 5: Jeremiah went to Gedaliah in Mizpah
- Jeremiah 40:7-12
- Gedaliah put in charge of the land, men, women and children: the poorest of the land not exiled to Babylon
- Ishmael so of Nethaniah: a decedent of King David
- v 9: Those who remained in the land, poorest.
- Stay in The Land
- Serve the king of Babylon
- v 10: Gedaliah will be their intermediary, local G-man appointment by Babylon
- Go gather and harvest.
- v 11-12: Jewish people who fled before Babylon actually took over Jerusalem are coming back to see Gedaliah.
- Jeremiah 40:13– 41:3
- Johanan (a member of Jewish forces who survived Babylonian conquest):
- tells Gedaliah there is a plot to have him murdered.
- Ishmael, a servant of Zedekiah, from Ammon has been instructed to murder Gedaliah.
- Gedaliah tells Johanan that he is lying.
- In the seventh month
- Ishmael and ten mend murdered Gedaliah and all the Jews where were with him.
- Gedaliah should have listened to Johanan, but probably felt he had to trust Ishmael because he had been a servant of Zedekiah.
- Johanan (a member of Jewish forces who survived Babylonian conquest):
- Jeremiah 41:4-10
- Where is Jeremiah?
- Ishmael ambushed 70 of 80 men who were returning from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria (all the Northern Kingdom).
- Shaved, torn cloths, wounds: probably wanted to morn the exile and destruction of Jerusalem.
- the 10 beg for their lives with food!
- Ishmael takes as many as he can and takes them to Jordan
- Jeremiah 41:11-18
- Johanan, who had warned Gedaliah, took his men and pursued Ishmael
- Ishmael’s captives see Johanan and turn back to Johanan.
- Ishmael escaped with eight men.
- Johanan took the remnant to Geruth, near Bethlehem
- Possibly the location of Jeremiah?
- Preparing for trip to Egypt, because of the fear of Babylon
- Johanan, who had warned Gedaliah, took his men and pursued Ishmael
- Jeremiah 42:1-6
- The remaining leaders and people go to Jeremiah
- “Jeremiah please pray to YOUR G_D for us.”
- Jeremiah, “I will pray to YOUR G_D…”
- People, “We will listen to YOUR G_D and do whatever He says…”
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- Jeremiah 39: 1-10
- July – Aug 586 BC
- about 18 months of siege
- blinded after watching his family murdered and died in captivity
- Those left in the city where taken as exiles to Babylon
- Poorest: given the land, vineyards and fields, remained in Jerusalem
- July – Aug 586 BC
- Jeremiah 39:11-14
- Nebuchadnezzar turns Jeremiah’s care over to Nebuzaradan, Captain of the bodyguard.
- Nebuzaradan turns Jeremiah’s care over to Gedaliah.
- Gedaliah, Jewish administrator stayed in Jerusalem
- Nebuzaradan turns Jeremiah’s care over to Gedaliah.
- Nebuchadnezzar turns Jeremiah’s care over to Nebuzaradan, Captain of the bodyguard.
- Jeremiah 39:15-18
- Jehovah tells Jeremiah to give a message to Ebed-melch, the Ethiopian
- The destruction of Jerusalem is at hand, but I will deliver you, because you trusted me.
- Jehovah tells Jeremiah to give a message to Ebed-melch, the Ethiopian
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- Jeremiah 38: 1-6This is Jeremiah’s message:
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- Remain in the city and die
- Exile to Babylon and live
- The Court Officials
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- Jeremiah 38:7-13King’s eunuch goes to speak with the King
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- Ebed Melek (“servant of the king”)
- Proselyte or Slave??
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- Jeremiah 38: 14-23Zedekiah asked Jeremiah AGAIN to tell him the word of YHWH
- Jeremiah, “Are you kidding? You know you will kill me AND you still won’t listen!”
- Zedekiah, “I promise”
- Options: Choose wisely!Go out to the officers of the king of Babylon = survive
- Don’t go out to them = the city will burn
- v 19: Fear of Man
- What to do?! 2 Peter 3: 8-9
- Jeremiah 38: 24-28
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- Jeremiah 36:11-19
- 605 BC: 15 years before the destruction of Jerusalem
- The Scroll which Baruch wrote
- Jeremiah 36: 20-26
- Jeremiah 36: 27-32
- A second copy of the scroll is commissioned, by YHWH.
- Add to the scroll, Jehoiakim King of Judah will have NO descendant on the throne.
- The prophecy fulfilled in 597 BC
- Jeremiah 37:1-2
- Zedekiah, puppet ruler of Jerusalem set up by Nebuchadnezzar
- Ignores the guidance of YHWH.
- Jeremiah 37: 3-10
- Zedekiah won’t go but sends messengers to request Jeremiah to pray for Judah.
- Chapter 34: Prophecy Zedekiah was going to go down.
- Egypt will turn back and Babylon WILL capture Jerusalem
- Tolerance and open-mindedness, aligned with Communist China, Radical Islam
- Zedekiah won’t go but sends messengers to request Jeremiah to pray for Judah.
- Jeremiah 37: 11-15
- Jeremiah on his way to purchase property, in the land of Benjamin. Just to the north of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah arrested by Irijah at the Gate of Benjamin. “You are trying to defect!”
- Jailed in the house of Jonathan the scribe.
- Jeremiah 37: 16-21
- Vaulted Cell: Chanuwth : cell, vaulted room, only used once in scripture.
- King Zedekiah sent a petition: “Have you heard from YHWH?”
- Yep: you WILL be handed to the King of Babylon!
- Jeremiah requests/pleads to NOT be sent back to the house of Jonathan the scribe
- afraid to go back there and die.
- Zedekiah does consent and Jeremiah is sent to the court of the guardhouse.
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- Jeremiah 35:1-11
- Jehoiakim: “Jehovah raises up”, 605-597 BC
- Rechabites: Give them wine
- Not of Jewish lineage.
- Descendants of Jonadab
- G_D Fearer
- Did not drink wine, No house, No farming, No vineyards, Live in tents
- Jeremiah 35:12-17
- Message to the Nation of Israel, Even the men of Jonadab son of Rechab follow instruction but you have not!
- Therefore:
- Disaster is coming, but there will be a lasting descendant of Jonadab!
- The descendants were not even keeping TORAH but the law of their Father.
- Isaiah 66:18-21
- Jeremiah 36: 1-4
- The reason for the book of Jeremiah
- Repent for calamity is on the way.
- Jeremiah 36: 5-10
- Jeremiah is not allowed in the Temple, so he sends Baruch.
- On a fast day
- Jeremiah 36:11-19
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- Jeremiah 33:14-18 – Righteous Branch Confirmed
- Jeremiah 23:5-6 – Righteous Branch Promised
- Luke 1: 30-33 – Jesus: Yeshua – “YHWH Saves”
- Jeremiah 33:19-26
- Condition to break the David Covenant
- Chosen Families:
- Eyes are deceiving
- Jeremiah 34: 1-7
- Zedekiah spoke this message:
- captured and sent to Babylon
- Meet Nebuchadnezzar face to face
- Will die in peace
- Zedekiah spoke this message:
- Jeremiah 34:8-16
- The Word of the LORD to Zedekiah
- Law of Moses: Release of servants
- BUT: they did a 360
- The Word of the LORD to Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:17-22
- Disobedience of a Blood Covenant
- Jeremiah 34:20 : consequence
- Officials of Judah
- Officials of Jerusalem
- Court Officers
- Priest
- all the People who have taken part
“You write the laws, let me write the songs, and in 20 years I will rule your country.”
Andrew Fletcher 1653 – 1716
Scottish Writer, Patriot & Politician
Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland and opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England.
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Worthless land
- Jeremiah 32:26-35
- About to give the land to the hands of the Chaldeans (Babylonians)
- Fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophetic ministry!
- Israel has been doing evil since they were children
- The City (leadership) has provoked me: Kings, leadership , priest, prophets
- High places of Baal, south of Jerusalem, Ben-Hinnom: Child Sacrifice
- About to give the land to the hands of the Chaldeans (Babylonians)
- Jeremiah 32:36-44
- “I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety”
- “I will” x 9
- Everlasting Covenant between YHWH and Israel, The New Covenant.
- Repentance WILL happen.
- Jeremiah 33:1-9
- Jeremiah 33:10-11
- Jeremiah 33:12-13
- Jeremiah 33:14-18
- Righteous Branch of David, 2 Samuel 7
- Judah will be saved
- Yeshua – Messiah
- Descendant of David
- Execution of Justice – See Revelation
- In Jerusalem and the rest of the world
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Return of the Remnant
- Jeremiah 31:35-37
- vs 36: Israel will never be rejected by YHWH
- The only way to destroy Israel
- destroy the sun, moon, stars
- Measure the universe,
- The only way to destroy Israel
- vs 36: Israel will never be rejected by YHWH
- Jeremiah 31: 38-40
- The city will be rebuilt
- Map of walls and gates around the Temple (Right click, Save As, to download), Ghenna
- Map of walls and gates around the Temple
- Joel, Revelation Study 35, Matthew 25: sheep from goats
- The city will be rebuilt
- Jeremiah 32: 1-5
- vs 1: 10th year of Zedekiah king of Judah the same as the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar
- summer of 587 BC
- vs 2: Jeremiah was locked in the court of the guard, in the house of the King of Judah
- vs 3-5: King Zedekiah did not like the prophecy brought by Jeremiah,
- “city will be given to Nebuchadnezzar, and its King will be taken to Babylon”
- vs 1: 10th year of Zedekiah king of Judah the same as the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar
- Jeremiah 32: 6-8
- Jeremiah 32: 9-15
- He had received the prophecy from YHWH
- It is holding to the LAW
- Jeremiah 32:16-25
Book of Consolation
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Return of the Remnant
- Jeremiah 31:7-14
- vs 10 – hear the word of the LORD, O nations – speaking to the Gentile nations. The G_D of creation may have scattered Israel but it is not Nebuchadnezzar doing, it is ME. I will bring them back.
- vs 11 – ransomed Jacob and redeemed, NOT the CHURCH or the ecclesia! Yeshua, will, and has ransomed all of mankind at the cross!
- Jeremiah 31:15-22
- Rachel is dead? what’s up? The Mother of only 2 of the 12 tribes, Jacobs favorite wife, Joseph and Benjamin.
- Rachel’s grandson, Ephraim, is a proxy for the northern 12 tribes. Benjamin for the Southern.
- A promise to Rachel for the future.
- Ramah – Staging point and point of entry of Babylon to the land.
- vs 19: For after I TURNED back, I REPENTED
- Rachel is dead? what’s up? The Mother of only 2 of the 12 tribes, Jacobs favorite wife, Joseph and Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 31:23-26
- I will restore your fortunes.
- Jeremiah 31:27-30
- Behold… Days are coming – Long term future event
- Sour grapes…Fathers??
- The time will come with children will not suffer the consequences of their fathers.
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- The New Covenant with Israel NOT the CHURCH
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New Covenant Promised Inaugurated Fulfilled Jeremiah 31:31-34 Luke 22:14-20 -3rd cup Romans 11:25-29 : Paul quotes Jer 31:34
- The New Covenant
Enemies: Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:27, Luke 6:35
