Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the Lord’s declaration. (Jeremiah 51:53) Babylon was a strong and powerful nation, so these words about its destruction would have been hard to hear, both for the people...

I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead. (Jeremiah 50:19) So much of the Book of Jeremiah has seen Judea’s invasion and exile of some of its inhabitants to...

But after that, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites. This is the Lord’s declaration. (Jeremiah 49:6) In the midst of God’s promises to destroy these nations, we also read about God’s promises to restore them. This shows us that God’s plan was not just to save the people...

The one who does the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed, and the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed is cursed. (Jeremiah 48:10) God speaks to the Moabites in this verse. The message we can take away is that when given direction from God, God wants us and wants us...

This is what the Lord says: Look, water is rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail. (Jeremiah 47:2) God uses imagery...

But you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged, Israel, for without fail I will save you from far away, and your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him. (Jeremiah 46:27)...

“But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.”’” (Jeremiah 45:5) We’ve seen throughout the book of Jeremiah...

“You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the...

They went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. (Jeremiah 43:7) The people did a good thing in seeking out Jeremiah to help them as they decided whether to stay or go, but then they decided to go against the clear message to stay. Are...

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.’ (Jeremiah 42:10) Those left in Judea are weighing a decision to go to Egypt...