Category Archives: Jeremiah

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”—Jeremiah 33:3. God’s people will never thrive on anything less substantial than bread from heaven. Israel in Egypt might live on garlic … Continue reading →

“I will be their God.”—Jeremiah 31:33. What a glorious covenant the second covenant is! Well might it be called “a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” Heb. viii. 6. It is so glorious that the very thought of … Continue reading →

JER 23:29-32, 34 “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? “Therefore,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. … Continue reading →

“This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.—Jeremiah 23:6. Man by the fall sustained an infinite loss in the matter of righteousness. He suffered the loss of a righteous nature, and then a two-fold loss … Continue reading →

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts,”—Jeremiah 15:16. Jeremiah was a man of … Continue reading →

“Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?”—Jeremiah 15:12. The prophet Jeremiah was, as we saw upon a former occasion, a man of exquisitely sensitive character; not a prophet of iron, like Elijah, but nearer akin to him who … Continue reading →

“How will you manage in the swelling of the Jordan?” [Jeremiah 12:5, KJV] The Land of Canaan may be used as a picture of two states or conditions in the Christian’s life. It was the land of rest to the … Continue reading →

“O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”—Jeremiah 10:23. This declaration follows after Jeremiah’s lamentation over the Lord’s ancient people, who were about to … Continue reading →

“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.”—Jeremiah 9:1. Sometimes tears are base things; the offspring of a cowardly … Continue reading →

“What have I done?”—Jeremiah 8:6. Perhaps no figure represents God in a more gracious light than those figures of speech, which represent him as stooping from his throne, and as coming down from heaven to attend to the wants and … Continue reading →

“Peace, peace, when there is no peace.”—Jeremiah 6:14. Ministers ate fearfully guilty if they intentionally build up men in a false peace. I cannot imagine any man more greatly guilty of blood than he who plays jackal to the lion … Continue reading →

“Fear ye not me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss … Continue reading →

“Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.”—Jeremiah 5:10. We have been talking very freely during this last week of “glorious victories,” of “brilliant … Continue reading →

“Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.”—Jeremiah 4:20. The sorrow of the weeping prophet was exceeding heavy when he uttered these words of bitter lamentation. A great and present burden from the Lord is weighing so … Continue reading →

“Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliders. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. Truly in vain is salvation bored for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in … Continue reading →

“Return, faithless people,” declares the LORD, “for I am your husband.” [Jeremiah 3:14] These are delicate words—a good medicine for a troubled conscience. Such remarkable comfort is intended to encourage the soul, and put the brightest hope on all of … Continue reading →