Jeremiah 30:1-11
THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, being given him by special and direct inspiration, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, His very words being recorded, saying, WRITE THEE ALL THE WORDS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO THEE IN A BOOK, the prophecy thus inscribed on a roll becoming a part of the sacred record of the Bible.... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord, the restoration of all the members of His Church being included here, AND I WILL CAUSE THEM TO RETURN TO THE LAND THAT I GAVE TO THEIR FATHERS, AND THEY SHALL POSSESS IT. This... [ Continue Reading ]
And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah, His message transporting us with dramatic vividness into the very midst of the future, a future, moreover, which includes more than the history of the two nations as such.... [ Continue Reading ]
F OR THUS SAITH THE LORD, WE HAVE HEARD A VOICE OF TREMBLING, OF FEAR, AND NOT OF PEACE, or, "A cry of terror have we heard: fear and no deliverance. ... [ Continue Reading ]
Ask ye now and see whether a man doth travail with child, which, of course, is contrary to nature. WHEREFORE DO I SEE EVERY MAN WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS LOINS AS A WOMAN IN TRAVAIL, AND ALL FACES ARE TURNED INTO PALENESS? It must be an extraordinary terror which could produce such a condition.... [ Continue Reading ]
Alas! for that day, the Messianic period with its sifting process among the nations, IS GREAT, Luke 2:34, SO THAT NONE IS LIKE IT; IT IS EVEN THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE, a testing of hearts and minds. BUT HE SHALL BE SAVED OUT OF IT, all the true children of Jacob, the members of the spiritual Isra... [ Continue Reading ]
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, deliver His people from the oppression of all its enemies, AND WILL BURST THY BONDS, those with which the oppressors were trying to keep His children in subjection, AND STRANGERS SHALL NO MO... [ Continue Reading ]
but they shall serve the Lord, their God, and David, their King, the great Ruler Messiah, who was of the house and lineage of David, WHOM I WILL RAISE UP UNTO THEM, for it was to Christ that the entire Messianic prophecy of the Old Testament pointed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, be filled with terror, O ISRAEL, the cheering admonition being addressed to all believers; FOR, LO, I WILL SAVE THEE FROM AFAR AND THY SEED FROM THE LAND OF THEIR CAPTIVITY, the redemption of the world being spoken of... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee, taking the part of those that are His own; THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS WHITHER I HAVE SCATTERED THEE, the overthrow of the world empire being a type of the overthrow of all enemies of Jehovah and His Church, YET WILL I NOT MAKE A FULL END... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TURN OF AFFAIRS AND THE CONSUMMATION OF SALVATION... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous, the stroke delivered to the Jews as a nation is mortal, the hopes which they entertained of having their exile end soon were vain.... [ Continue Reading ]
There is none to plead thy cause, intercession could no longer be expected by them, THAT THOU MAYEST BE BOUND UP, the wounds of their body politic being bandaged; THOU HAST NO HEALING MEDICINES, no remedies of bandages and plasters. Cf. Jeremiah 8:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
All thy lovers, the former allied nations that had professed friendship for Judah, HAVE FORGOTTEN THEE, THEY SEEK THEE NOT, not being at all concerned about Judah's welfare; FOR I HAVE WOUNDED THEE WITH THE WOUND OF AN ENEMY, with a sharp smiting, WITH THE CHASTISEMENT OF A CRUEL ONE, FOR THE MULTIT... [ Continue Reading ]
Why criest thou for thine affliction? Thy sorrow is incurable, or, "that thy pain is malignant?" FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITY, BECAUSE THY SINS WERE INCREASED, I HAVE DONE THESE THINGS UNTO THEE. Whatever evil was descending upon Judah, its people had no one but themselves to blame; their pun... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity, the fate of the oppressed Jews striking them in full measure; AND THEY THAT SPOIL THEE SHALL BE A SPOIL, AND ALL THAT PREY UPON THEE WILL I GIVE FOR A PREY, so that they woul... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will restore health unto thee, by means of healing plasters, AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS, SAITH THE LORD; BECAUSE THEY CALLED THEE AN OUTCAST, a wife put away by her husband, SAYING, THIS IS ZION, WHOM NO MAN SEEKETH AFTER, because the Lord had, for the purposes of His mercy, forsaken H... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, so that the time of oppression and exile would be a thing of the past, AND HAVE MERCY ON HIS DWELLING-PLACES, on the places where His holy congregation was wont to assemble; AND THE CITY SHALL BE BUILDED UPON HER OWN HEA... [ Continue Reading ]
And out of them, the palaces, the congregations of the Lord, SHALL PROCEED THANKSGIVING AND THE VOICE OF THEM THAT MAKE MERRY, their voices raised in psalms of rejoicing; AND I WILL MULTIPLY THEM, AND THEY SHALL NOT BE FEW, the number of God's children being increased under His blessing; I WILL ALSO... [ Continue Reading ]
Their children also shall be as aforetime, at the time when the Lord's Church was in its most nourishing condition, AND THEIR CONGREGATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE ME, founded upon the Rock of Ages, AND I WILL PUNISH ALL THAT OPPRESS THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And their nobles shall be of themselves, their most Glorious One being a member of their own nation, AND THEIR GOVERNOR SHALL PROCEED FROM THE MIDST OF THEM, namely, in the person of the Messiah, under whom the kingdom of David was restored in the best sense of the term; AND I WILL CAUSE HIM TO DRAW... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall be My people, in and through the Messiah, AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD. Cf 2 Corinthians 6:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord, a tempest of Jehovah, GOETH FORTH WITH FURY, or, "fury goes forth," A CONTINUING WHIRLWIND, a rolling and swishing tornado; IT SHALL FALL WITH PAIN UPON THE HEAD OF THE WICKED, bowling them over like leaves driven before a strong wind.... [ Continue Reading ]
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, not be abated or withdrawn, UNTIL HE HAVE DONE IT, AND UNTIL HE HAVE PERFORMED THE INTENTS OF HIS HEART, so that all His plans are executed, down to the smallest detail; IN THE LATTER DAYS YE SHALL CONSIDER IT, for then they would realize the object of... [ Continue Reading ]