YHWH GIVES HIS REASONS WHY JERUSALEM WILL NOT BE PARDONED AND JEREMIAH
MAKES A VAIN SEARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN (JEREMIAH 5:1).
YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He
assures Jeremiah that if he can produce but one person in Jerusalem
who does what is right and genuinely se... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH
5:1).
Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in
Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual and
physical), and have grown fat and sleek, whilst at the same time they
also appear to be unaware... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH CALLS ON HIS CHAMPION, WHOSE GREAT MIGHT HE MAKES CLEAR, IN ORDER
THAT HIS FORCES MIGHT DENUDE JUDAH BECAUSE OF THEIR TREACHERY TOWARDS
HIM (JEREMIAH 5:10).
The instrument of YHWH's judgment is called on to scale the wall of
YHWH's vineyard and destroy the vine by de-branching it, but not to
ma... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH ASKS HIS PEOPLE WHY IN VIEW OF HIS CLEARLY REVEALED POWER THEY DO
NOT FEAR HIM, AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
REVOLUTIONARIES AND REBELS, CAUGHT UP IN SIN (JEREMIAH 5:20).
YHWH addresses His people as foolish and lacking in understanding, and
as those who can neither see nor hear, a... [ Continue Reading ]