Idolatry – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Jeremiah 14, The Drought

Did you know that the United States monitors drought throughout the nation on a map.

Jeremiah had been preaching the Lord’s message during the time of king Josiah’s

Idols and astrology. These were the adopted religion of Israel. Jeremiah makes a

Where would you go if you wanted to communicate with a large percentage of your community?

The Pew Research Center polling in July of 2023 found that 66% of Americans say they

Apparently the call to sincere repentance in 4:1-4 was not heeded. Judah did not

God is speaking now to all Israel, Judah and Israel viewed as one nation. Though

Having said that faithless Israel was more righteous than faithless Judah, Yahweh

King Josiah had legislated a top-down reform of Judah’s spiritual practices (2

Yahweh is continuing Judah’s day in court, bringing charges against her. And it

Yahweh is still picturing this as a court of law in which He has brought charges

“A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers

This is the beginning of a lengthy message to Israel (Judah), Jeremiah's first message,

When I was 14 I began attending a new school. In each class they called roll and

There are three covenants in view in this section of Malachi. He has already mentioned