Read: Jeremiah 19:1-21:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-28; Psalm 82:1-8; Proverbs 25:7B-10
God told Jeremiah to buy a clay jar from the potter to represent Judah. He was to take it to the Valley of Ben Hinnon pronounce to the people and their sins then break the jar to show what God was going to do with their nation. It was going to be shattered beyond repair.
When the false priest, Pashhur heard what Jeremiah prophesied, he had him beaten and put in stocks. When he came to get him the next day, Jeremiah told him that when God brought the destruction on Jerusalem that Pashhur and his family would be taken into exile where they would die along with everyone who believed Pashhur’s false prophesies.
Jeremiah gives us an inside look into what he was feeling at the time in verses 7-18 of chapter 20. He feels the weight of his calling but God’s words were like fire shut up in our bones so they compelled him to speak.
When Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon started attacking Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem wanted to hear what Jeremiah had to say so they sought him out. Jeremiah told them what he had told them all along. God was going to destroy Jerusalem and turn them over to the Babylonians. Whoever stayed in Jerusalem to fight it out would die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever surrendered to them would live. He admonished them to put right everything they had done wrong to one another before this happened.
Paul taught his people to walk in love and respect for one another. He warned them to honor prophecy, have discernment and avoid evil.
May you Lord, the God of peace, sanctify us and keep us blameless until you come back.
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