Devotion on Jeremiah 4:5-31

The word from the prophet Jeremiah is to return to the Lord. His ministry lasts for decades and yet the people would not, and did not repent. Jeremiah knew this was going to happen, remember the Lord told him at the beginning that the people would not listen, and now,...

Devotion on Jeremiah 3:12-4:4

READ 3:12-18 The appeal to come back or to return to the Lord, comes three times in these verses, 12, 14, and 22 and Jeremiah does so with a bit of a linguistic twist. Literally he says, “Turn back, turn away Israel.” Now, before we get to the condition and the...

Devotion on Jeremiah 3:6-4:4

[As we look at his section of Jeremiah, again I would ask that you get your Bible out and follow along!] Perhaps you have read, or watched a show, or even more powerfully seen in person or experienced, someone, let’s say a son or daughter, who realizes that they have...

Devotion on Jeremiah 2:1-3-5

Last time we saw that the people of God are charged with a triple failure: pursuing and becoming worthless, a waste of God’s gifts and a leadership that is clueless! Jeremiah’s indictment against them continues: Look at 2:9-13 Here is the Lord’s contention, a charge...

Devotion on Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

God tells Jeremiah to take a walk. It was not far to Jerusalem, only a few miles and the prophet had made this journey countless times but this one must have seemed longer…much longer. He had to go to Jerusalem and proclaim to them the message that we just read. As we...