Jeremiah 33:1-9
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, during the shameful imprisonment inflicted upon him by Zedekiah, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the Maker thereof, literally, "the Doer," He who performs what He promises and threatens, THE LORD THAT FORMED IT, TO ESTABLISH IT, or, "He who prepares it to complete it," carrying out His plans without fail; THE LORD IS HIS NAME, Jehovah, the God of the covenant:... [ Continue Reading ]
Call unto Me, namely, in making a plea for the restoration of Judah, AND I WILL ANSWER THEE AND SHOW THEE GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS, proclaiming or announcing great and inaccessible things, WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT, which are beyond human understanding and comprehension, which human knowledge would neve... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, the various buildings making up the royal palace, WHICH ARE THROWN DOWN BY THE MOUNTS AND BY THE SWORD, literally, "against the ramparts and against the sword," for the bui... [ Continue Reading ]
they come to fight with the Chaldeans, the people of Judah being determined to resist the hostile army, BUT IT IS TO FILL THEM, namely, the houses of the city, WITH THE DEAD BODIES OF MEN, WHOM I HAVE SLAIN IN MINE ANGER AND IN MY FURY, AND FOR ALL WHOSE WICKEDNESS I HAVE HID MY FACE FROM THIS CITY,... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will bring it, the city of Jerusalem, HEALTH AND CURE, by binding up the wounds of the war, AND I WILL CURE THEM, healing the wounds inflicted by the enemies, AND WILL REVEAL UNTO THEM, His people, THE ABUNDANCE OF PEACE AND TRUTH, that is, genuine, lasting prosperity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, of all those who are his children in truth, TO RETURN, AND WILL BUILD THEM, AS AT THE FIRST, when He first made them His people, at the time of the exodus from Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against Me, their guilt being removed by His forgiveness; AND I WILL PARDON ALL THEIR INIQUITIES WHEREBY THEY HAVE SINNED, AND WHEREBY THEY HAVE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST ME. This is the basis of the lasting covenant of salvation, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all the nations of the earth, Jerusalem itself, with its congregation of believers, becoming a city the very mention of whose name would cause Jehovah to rejoice, while nations in every part of the world would praise her, WHICH SHALL... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, Again there shall be heard in this place, which, ye say, shall be desolate without man and without beast, 32:43, EVEN IN THE CITIES OF JUDAH AND IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, THAT ARE DESOLATE, WITHOUT MAN AND WITHOUT INHABITANT AND WITHOUT BEAST, the invaders having already spre... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF THE FUTURE... [ Continue Reading ]
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, expressions setting forth the happiness of a people living in peace and security, THE VOICE OF THEM THAT SHALL SAY, PRAISE THE LORD OF HOSTS, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, many of which were, or were to be, heaps of ruins, SHALL BE AN HABITATION OF SHEPHERDS CAUSING THEIR FLOCKS TO LIE DOWN, as under conditions of the utmost peace and secu... [ Continue Reading ]
In the cities of the mountains, the mountainous region of Judah, toward the north and northeast, IN THE CITIES OF THE VALE, the plains or lowlands toward the Mediterranean Sea, AND IN THE CITIES OF THE SOUTH, the semiarid region bordering on Arabia and the Sinaitic Peninsula, AND IN THE LAND OF BENJ... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, this being the standing formula for introducing statements pertaining to Messianic conditions, THAT I WILL PERFORM THAT GOOD THING WHICH I HAVE PROMISED UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, to those who were members of His people in truth, for Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days and at that time, in the Messianic era, WILL I CAUSE THE BRANCH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, the name applied to the Messiah also by Isaiah and Zechariah, TO GROW UP UNTO DAVID, for Christ was born of the seed of David, and it was He who earned, and is the representative of, the true righteousnes... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely, the name in either case designating the Church of the Lord, His chosen people in the true sense of the term; AND THIS IS THE NAME WHEREWITH SHE SHALL BE CALLED, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, the city, as representing the congregatio... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord, David shall never want a man, his family would never lack a representative, TO SIT UPON THE THRONE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. In other words, the kingdom of Christ was to be an eternal kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall the priests, the Levites, the members of the tribe of Levi, WANT A MAN BEFORE ME, there would never be a time when there would be no priest, namely, in the highest sense, spoken of the person of the Messiah, TO OFFER BURNT OFFERING'S AND TO KINDLE MEAT-OFFERINGS AND TO DO SACRIFICE CON... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, If ye can break My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season, that the order of nature, as established by Him, would be overthrown,... [ Continue Reading ]
then may also My covenant be broken with David, My servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, 2 Samuel 7:12, AND WITH THE LEVITES THE PRIESTS, MY MINISTERS. The Lord would break His promise, neither to David nor to His servants in the office of the ministry. He would give them... [ Continue Reading ]
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David, My servant, and the Levites that minister unto Me, in either case their spiritual children, the believers of all times, for of them it is rightly said that Christ has made them to be... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, namely, Israel and Judah, as representing His Church of all times, HE HATH EVEN CAST THEM OFF? This was the statement made by some of the reprobate Jews in order to ridicule the true believers. TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, If My covenant be not with day and night, Genesis 8:22, AND IF I HAVE NOT APPOINTED THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, if He has not established the laws of nature,... [ Continue Reading ]
then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, His spiritual children, AND DAVID, MY SERVANT, SO THAT I WILL NOT TAKE ANY OF HIS SEED TO BE RULERS OVER THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, namely, those who are their children and descendants in spirit; FOR I WILL CAUSE THEIR CAPTIVITY TO RETURN, AND HAV... [ Continue Reading ]