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Jeremiah ch.41 - Assassination
Our chapter describes the Assassination of Babylonian Governor - Gedaliah. In the narrative, two side-references are made to two places which each si…
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Jeremiah ch.40 - Gedaliah
In the initial segment of this chapter we read how Jeremiah is given the choice to go to Babylon as an ally and a guest of the Babylonians. He refuse…
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Jeremiah ch.39 - Hurban!
In this chapter we read about the fall of Jerusalem. What becomes of King Zedekiah? What will befall Jeremiah?
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Jeremiah ch.38 - Stuck in the Mud!
Jeremiah is thrown into a cistern and submerged in mud.
Surprisingly a foreigner Eved-Melekh the Kushite, saves his life!
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Jeremiah ch.37 - Jeremiah in Jail
This chapter sees Jeremiah arrested as a suspected accomplice with the Babylonians.
But what rings through the chapter is the spineless character of …
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Jeremiah ch.36 - Burn!
Jeremiah writes his prophecies in a scroll. Barukh reads it to government officials in Jerusalem. They hear Jeremiah's prophecy and are impressed and…
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Jeremiah ch.35 - The Ideal Society
Is withdrawal from life an ideal? Is refraining from wine an aspiration?
Jeremiah brings the "Rehabites" to the Temple and instructs them to drink wi…
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Jeremiah ch.34 - From Freedom to Slavery
In the reign of Zedekiah, the people make a covenant to free their slaves, and then they re-enslave them.
Why do they free them?
Why do they re-ensla…
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Jeremiah ch.33 - Eternal Covenant
In this, the final chapter in a series that promise restoration and national rehabilitation, God affirms his eternal covenant with the House of David…
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Jeremiah ch.32 - Real-Estate
It is a year before the Hurban. Jerusalem is under siege. Jeremiah is in jail. And God tells him to purchase his uncle's field. This seems an absurd …
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