Old Testament – Page 6 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Jeremiah 12, Jeremiah’s Query and Yahweh’s Response

Jeremiah is still smarting from the knowledge that his own hometown and relatives have plotted to kill him. He questions Yahweh about what is happening. 12:1 You are always righteous, Yahweh, when I bring

Jeremiah 11, Broken Covenant and Conspiracy

Jeremiah had been preaching the Lord’s message during the time of king Josiah’s reforms. In repairing Yahweh’s temple in Jerusalem, the covenant of Yahweh with His people had been discovered and

Jeremiah 10, Judgment on Idolatry

Idols and astrology. These were the adopted religion of Israel. Jeremiah makes a polemic, an attack, on this false worldview, and defends the worship of the true God. And he attributes to this idolatry

Jeremiah 9, Death Has Climbed Through Our Windows

Jeremiah gets the nickname “weeping prophet” because of this and other passages (including Lamentations) where he bares his soul and describes his anguish over his people. But sorrow isn’t the only

Jeremiah 8:4-22, No Balm in Gilead

Balm of Gilead is a medicinal perfume that was produced in the region near the Sea of Galilee. Jeremiah is grieving that there is no balm of Gilead to heal the wounds of his people, no physician who can

Jeremiah 7:20-8:3, Backward Not Forward

The way of life is growth. No doubt there were those in Judah who felt Judah was “alive.” But like every nation before them and since, they were declining. And Yahweh tells them why. They have forsaken

Jeremiah 7:1-19, Defiling the Temple You Trust In

Where would you go if you wanted to communicate with a large percentage of your community? Yahweh told Jeremiah to go to the temple gate, the place where the people of Judah entered the court around the

Jeremiah 6:1-30, Impending Doom

Four voices are heard during this prophecy: Yahweh’s, the enemy’s, Jeremiah’s, and the false prophets’ voices. The whole is designed to arouse fear and hopefully to elicit repentance, though the

Jeremiah 5:20-31, Stubborn and Rebellious Hearts

He has been convicted of rape, boasted of molesting women, cheated on the declared value of his properties, tried to get state officials to “find” him a specific amount of extra votes, encouraged an

Jeremiah 5:1-19, Yahweh’s Eyes Look for Truth

The Pew Research Center polling in July of 2023 found that 66% of Americans say they place more importance on political candidates having similar political views to their own, 18% saying shared religious

Jeremiah 4:5-31, The Certainty of Coming Judgment

Apparently the call to sincere repentance in 4:1-4 was not heeded. Judah did not really want to follow Yahweh, did not want to give up her gods, her Ba’als, her sexual rituals, nor her dependence on

Jeremiah 4:1-4, Yahweh’s Charge to Make a Sincere Repentance

Book of Jeremiah Old Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

Yahweh is giving His people Israel, the people comprised of the two nations of Israel (in exile) and Judah, a charge to repent. He gave them a framework of words of repentance to use, but repentance must

Category Archives for Old Testament

Jeremiah 12, Jeremiah’s Query and Yahweh’s Response

Jeremiah 11, Broken Covenant and Conspiracy

Jeremiah 10, Judgment on Idolatry

Jeremiah 9, Death Has Climbed Through Our Windows

Jeremiah 8:4-22, No Balm in Gilead

Jeremiah 7:20-8:3, Backward Not Forward

Jeremiah 7:1-19, Defiling the Temple You Trust In

Jeremiah 6:1-30, Impending Doom

Jeremiah 5:20-31, Stubborn and Rebellious Hearts

Jeremiah 5:1-19, Yahweh’s Eyes Look for Truth

Jeremiah 4:5-31, The Certainty of Coming Judgment

Jeremiah 4:1-4, Yahweh’s Charge to Make a Sincere Repentance

Jeremiah 3:19-25, A Further Appeal to Israel and Judah

Jeremiah 3:12-18, God’s Appeal for Exiled Israel’s and Judah’s Repentance

Jeremiah 3:6-10, Comparison of Judah to Israel