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Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 44:7-10
- The Jewish people who are in Egypt cut themselves off from the their brothers and sisters in the Land.
- Idolatry to the Egyptian gods
- Failed to remember their past and continue to repeat it
- hard hearted
- The Jewish people who are in Egypt cut themselves off from the their brothers and sisters in the Land.
- Jeremiah 44:11-14
- They tried to run away from judgement, but it followed them there.
- Jeremiah 44:15-19
- The Men FAILED to guide, love and support their homes and families.
- We flat out reject your message, Jeremiah!
- Our idol worship seemed prosperous, then we stopped and now we lack everything.
- Queen of heaven: Ishtar/Easter
- Jeremiah 44:20-23
- It is because they were disobedient that they suffered
- Jeremiah 44:24-30
- Egypt will be taken by Nebuchadnezzar
Obedience and Hardship
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Jeremiah
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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