TO A DOUBTING AND TROUBLED JEREMIAH YHWH PROMISES TO REVEAL THE GLORIOUS BUT SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE FUTURE, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY HIS CREATIVE POWER FOLLOWING THE CURRENT STORM (JEREMIAH 33:1). Jeremiah 33:1 ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut... [ Continue Reading ]
SUB-PART B. YHWH PROMISES THE RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC MONARCHY AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (JEREMIAH 33:1). The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time --', as it had the first (Jeremiah 32:1). Despite the fact of the devastation that is shortly to co... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONDITIONS OF THE SIEGE WHICH HAVE CAUSED JEREMIAH TO DESPAIR (JEREMIAH 33:4). YHWH recognises that Jeremiah might be confused at what he is experiencing as the siege approaches its final intensity, and describes the scenes with vivid reality, before adding His assurance that this causes Him no... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH CONFIRMS HIS PROMISE OF FUTURE RESTORATION (JEREMIAH 33:6). These verses must be seen as being closely connected with Jeremiah 33:5 for it is in the light of the words there that these promises are made. Indeed there is a certain pattern here which partially parallels Jeremiah 33:5. Instead of... [ Continue Reading ]
DESOLATION AND WASTE WILL BE REPLACED BY JOY AND GLADNESS, MARRIAGE CELEBRATIONS AND WORSHIP, BECAUSE YHWH WILL HAVE DELIVERED HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR CAPTIVITY (JEREMIAH 33:10). Once again we have the ‘before' and ‘after' of which Jeremiah is so fond, in that he first depicts the utter desolation of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WHOLE LAND WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME A PLACE OF FLOCKS AND HERDS (JEREMIAH 33:12) To an agricultural people this was an essential part of the re-establishment of the land. Once again the land, which had become so desolate, would be filled with flocks and herds. This would be the sign of its prospe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SETTING UP OF THE SHOOT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS DESCENDED FROM DAVID (JEREMIAH 33:14). YHWH now repeats His promise of a coming David who will introduce righteousness (compare Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 11:1). The days are coming, on the assured word of YHWH, when He will perform the good word that He has spo... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH PROMISES THAT IN ‘THE DAYS THAT ARE COMING' BOTH HIS CHOSEN (DAVIDIC) KINGSHIP AND HIS GOD-APPOINTED (LEVITICAL) PRIESTHOOD WILL BE MAINTAINED SO AS TO WATCH OVER HIS PEOPLE'S FUTURE (JEREMIAH 33:14). The point in what follows is not so much the proper descent of the kings and priests mentioned... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH GUARANTEES THE PROVISION PERMANENTLY OF SUCCESSORS TO DAVID, AND SUCCESSORS TO THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WHILE THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED FOR THE OFFERING OF THE REGULAR OFFERINGS (JEREMIAH 33:17). Jeremiah 33:17 “For thus says YHWH, David will never want a man to sit on the throne of the house o... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S PROMISE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A TRUE SON OF DAVID, AND A TRUE PRIESTHOOD, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 33:17). In a series of three short words from YHWH the guarantee is made to God's people that they will always have a Son of David available to rule over them, and that whi... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S COVENANT WITH DAVID AND WITH THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD IS AS CERTAIN AS HIS COVENANT OF DAY AND NIGHT (JEREMIAH 33:19). Jeremiah 33:19 ‘And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,' The introductory saying leads into a vital ‘word' from YHWH Jeremiah 33:20 “Thus says YHWH, If you can br... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH AFFIRMS THAT HE HAS NOT CAST OFF THE TWO FAMILIES WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN, AND GUARANTEES THE RULE OF THE SEED OF DAVID OVER THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB (JEREMIAH 33:23). In this final affirmation YHWH gives the assurance, either that He has not cast off either the family of David, nor the... [ Continue Reading ]