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Chapter twenty-five took place 23 years into Jeremiah’s ministry, in the year that Nebuchadnezzar took his first captives from Jerusalem (605 B.C.). He claimed that he had warned the leaders and people of Judah for that long to repent, turning back to God, but they did not listen (Jeremiah 25:1-11). Unlike the past messages which […]
Chapter twenty-four is one of the shortest chapters of the book; only chapters 45 and 47 are shorter. As with the almond tree and boiling water in chapter one, God used a common object (either literal or in a vision) to reveal a truth to Jeremiah. In this case Jeremiah saw two baskets of figs
Chapter twenty-three does not have a specific date attached to it. Instead, it is an oracle 1 given to set God’s promised “true shepherd” against the many “false shepherds” Israel and Judah had over the years. Not only were the people of Judah going to be judged, but their leaders would be as well, because
