“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:33) God’s people have been disciplined and...

You will be my people, and I will be your God. (Jeremiah 30:22) This is a promise from God. The Lord promised it often, and again, He reminds His people that He is their God. That is a comfort and joy we can receive every day. The words of the...

“Pursue the well-being of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the Lord on its behalf, for when it thrives, you will thrive.” (Jeremiah 29:7) These words to the exiles in Babylon are relevant for us today. Since our citizenship is in heaven, we too are in a...

“As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.” (Jeremiah 28:9) Even Jeremiah responded to Hananiah by saying “Amen!” (v. 6) when hearing this too-good-to-be-true news for the exiles. Unfortunately, Hananiah is...

I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!” (Jeremiah 27:12) Is the Lord really telling His people that they are to serve an enemy nation, one that was ungodly?...

Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God!” (Jeremiah 26:16) Among those hearing Jeremiah, some recognized the severity of his words and knew they were...

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.” (Jeremiah 25:15) The “cup of the wine of wrath” is an image used...

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.” (Jeremiah 24:5) People sometimes talk about others as being “good apples” or “bad apples.” Here...

Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts”—this is the Lord’s declaration. (Jeremiah 23:2) Poor...

Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him. (Jeremiah 22:15) Here the Lord addresses Shallum, the son of Josiah. Josiah was considered a reforming king. He wanted God’s people to go back...