JEREMIAH 12:1 Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? Have you noticed how many intriguing “why” questions we have? I suppose inquiring...
JEREMIAH 11:13-14 “For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up...
JEREMIAH 9:23-24 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am...
JEREMIAH 8:20 “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!” The ancient city of Pompeii is less than a mile from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. In the summer of A.D. 79, Vesuvius erupted suddenly and with great violence. Hot ash, stones and cinders rained...
JEREMIAH 8:5 “Why then has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return.” Robert Robinson was saved out of a tempestuous life of sin. Shortly after that, at the age of 23, Robinson wrote the hymn “Come, Thou Fount.” Sometime...
JEREMIAH 7:23 “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.'” A young son of a missionary couple...
JEREMIAH 6:14 “They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, Peace!’ when there is no peace.” On Wake Island in 1950, President Truman said to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, “I want only three words as my epitaph–‘He Brought Peace.'” That was certainly a worthy and noble ambition,...
JEREMIAH 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? Everything that begins also ends. Beautiful buildings are erected, but eventually they are torn down. Seeds sprout and grow into...
JEREMIAH 3:4 “Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My father, You are the guide of my youth?'” The life of Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most tragic of all American writers. Raised by foster parents who loved him deeply, he was provided with an education...
JEREMIAH 1:4-5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Those who know their geography well might know that the longest place...