Jeremiah 25 names a measured judgment—seventy years—and a universal cup that even empires must drink. It teaches communities to listen now, endure under God’s clock, and hope in the Lord who disciplines to heal and governs to save.
Two baskets before the temple divide the community by response, not address. God calls exiles “good,” promises to build and plant them, and gives a heart to know him, while stubborn schemes collapse under sword, famine, and plague.
Jeremiah 23 pronounces woe on corrupt shepherds and promises a righteous King whose wise rule brings safety. It exposes false prophecy and calls communities to love the fiery, faithful word that gathers and heals God’s flock.
Jeremiah 22 confronts the palace with God’s measure of true rule: defend the weak and do what is right. Cedar cannot cover injustice; judgment teaches a city to listen, and hope rises in the promised Branch who makes justice durable.
Jeremiah 21 overturns easy hopes for miracles by calling a besieged city to obey God’s present word: surrender to live and do justice every morning. The warning is severe, but mercy threads through it for all who listen and turn.
Jeremiah 20 pairs public blows with private anguish—and a word that burns too hot to silence. Through lament and praise, the Lord stands with his servant like a mighty warrior and will vindicate those who entrust him with their cause.
Jeremiah 19 pictures judgment the way a shattered jar sounds—sharp, decisive, deserved. Yet even here the Lord’s long plan aims beyond the shards, calling us to listen, turn, and hope in his restoring mercy.
From Job’s lament to Paul’s teaching, the potter-and-clay image shows God shaping humanity with sovereign mercy. Yield to his hands and find hope that even the marred can be remade for honorable use.
At the potter’s wheel Jeremiah learns how God’s sovereignty and our responsibility meet: warnings aim at rescue, and promises call for obedience. Yield to the Lord’s shaping hands today, for he delights to rebuild what sin has marred.
Jeremiah 17 diagnoses sin carved on the heart and points to the Lord as living water and sanctuary. It calls for rooted trust and public Sabbath obedience that turns cities toward enduring joy.
Jeremiah 16 forbids marriage, mourning, and feasting to signal judgment, yet promises a return from the north that will outshine the exodus. The chapter ends with nations renouncing idols as God teaches them his power and name.
Jeremiah 15 closes the door on easy intercession and opens one for a weary prophet. The Lord judges a stubborn people, then restores his servant with “worthy words” and a wall of bronze, teaching endurance and hope in the heat of crisis.
Under a sky that will not open, Jeremiah leads Judah to confess sin, reject false peace, and appeal to God’s name. The Lord refuses empty ritual yet invites tears and hope that rests in him, the only one who sends rain.
Jeremiah 13 uses vivid sign-acts to reveal how pride rots nearness to God. The prophet pleads for humility—“give glory before darkness”—and promises tears for a flock on the brink, urging renewal that turns shame into praise.
Jeremiah 12 pairs reverent complaint with God’s call to endurance. The Lord judges a beloved field, then promises compassion and invites the nations to learn his name, turning uprooting into the beginning of restoration.