REVIEW OF CHAPTER EIGHT I. Facts to Master. 1. The name of the northern-most town of Pales tine (Jeremiah 8:16). 2. The _______________ is past, the _____________is ended and we are not saved (Jeremiah 8:20). 3. IS there no ______ in Gilead (Jeremiah 8:22). 4. Significant tides for God (Jer... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Future Destruction Jeremiah 7:32 to Jeremiah 8:3 TRANSLATION (32) Therefore behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when it shall no longer be called the Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom but the valley of Slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth for lack of place to bury. (33... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER EIGHT SERMONS FROM THE EARLY REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 10:25 The oracles in Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 10:25 are undated. They may well represent excerpts from the sermons of Jeremiah preached in the streets of Jerusalem between 608 B.C. and 597 B.C. before the Babylonians... [ Continue Reading ]
B. Unwise Proclamations by National Leaders Jeremiah 8:8-12 TRANSLATION (8) How can you say, We are wise! The Torah of the LORD is with us. But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has labored falsely. (9) The wise shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed when they are captured. Behold, they... [ Continue Reading ]
C. Unavoidable Punishment at the Hand of God Jeremiah 8:13-17 TRANSLATION (13) I will utterly consume them (oracle of the LORD). No grapes are on the vine and no figs are on the fig tree. The leaves are withered; and I will appoint for them those who overrun them. (14) Why are we sitting? Assemble... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Unbearable Pain on the Part of the Prophet Jeremiah 8:18 to Jeremiah 9:1 TRANSLATION (18) O my Comfort against sorrow! My heart is faint within me! (19) Behold, the sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why do they pro... [ Continue Reading ]