JEREMIAH QUESTIONS THE DELAY IN THE PUNISHMENT AND ASKS WHY THE WICKED CONTINUE TO PROSPER, SEEKING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON THEM (JEREMIAH 12:1). Jeremiah 12:1 ‘You are righteous, O YHWH, when I contend with you, Yet would I reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are a... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH RESPONDS WITH A WARNING TO JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL YET FACE WORSE THINGS THAN THIS (JEREMIAH 12:5). YHWH calls on Jeremiah to recognise that what he has endured up to now is as nothing compared with what lies ahead. Up until now he has only had to face the footmen (the local opposition or the lo... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH HAS FORSAKEN HIS HOUSE AND REJECTED HIS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT IT HAS BECOME, AND THEIR EVIL NEIGHBOURS WILL ALSO BE PUNISHED, BUT EVEN FOR THEM THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY TURN TO YHWH (JEREMIAH 12:7). In Jeremiah 11:15 YHWH had asked what right ‘His beloved' had in His house wh... [ Continue Reading ]