SUBSECTION 3 PART 1. JERUSALEM IS SURROUNDED AND JEREMIAH DECLARES
THAT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING OUT BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS ABOUT TO BE
DESTROYED AND ZEDEKIAH WILL BE CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON TO MEET
NEBUCHADREZZAR FACE TO FACE WHERE HE WILL DIE ‘IN PEACE' AND BE
LAMENTED BY HIS NOBLES (JEREMIAH 34:... [ Continue Reading ]
SECTION 2 (JEREMIAH 26:1 TO JEREMIAH 45:5). (CONTINUED).
As we have previously seen this Section of Jeremiah from Jeremiah 26:1
to Jeremiah 45:5 divides up into four main subsections, which are as
follows:
1. Commencing With A Speech In The Temple Jeremiah Warns Of What Is
Coming And Repudiates Th... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING SET FREE THEIR HEBREW SLAVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SINAI
COVENANT THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM RENEGE ON THEIR COMMITMENT,
BRINGING DOWN ON THEMSELVES THE WRATH OF YHWH AND THE CERTAINTY OF
BABYLONIAN SUBJECTION (JEREMIAH 34:8).
In the face of the Babylonian threat King Zedekiah managed to p... [ Continue Reading ]