Chapter thirty-three records a second message from God while Jeremiah was confined to the Temple courtyard. In this message God made four promises concerning the future regathering of the Jewish nation back to the land of Israel. First, although the people saw only destruction and death in Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion, God promised renewed life and health […]
Chapter eighteen provides yet another illustration for Jeremiah’s preaching ministry. God told him to visit a potter and watch him work (Jeremiah 18:1-4). What he saw was that the clay was totally submissive to the potter’s hands and desire. If things were not going the way the potter wanted, he could use the same clay
Chapter nine begins immediately with the fifth trumpet (the first “woe”). Whereas the first four trumpets are “natural,” the next two are completely supernatural. At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the “shaft of the abyss” (“bottomless pit” in some translations) will be unlocked and opened. Outside of the Revelation, ἄβυσσος, abyssos, is used only
