Jeremiah 51 concentrates the Lord’s verdict on Babylon and his care for Zion. This study follows the chapter’s images and promises to show justice and mercy in God’s plan.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Jeremiah 51 concentrates the Lord’s verdict on Babylon and his care for Zion. This study follows the chapter’s images and promises to show justice and mercy in God’s plan.
Jeremiah 48 traces Moab’s fall from complacent pride to shattered jars and silent presses. Through tears and taunt, the chapter ends with a glimmer of future mercy that keeps hope alive beyond judgment.
God humbles Egypt and comforts Israel: the day is his, idols fail, and discipline is measured for Jacob’s peace.
Scattered across Egypt, Judeans defend vows to the Queen of Heaven and reject the Lord’s call to repent. Jeremiah answers with a history lesson, an unflinching sentence, and a sign against Pharaoh Hophra so the remnant will know whose word stands.
Near Bethlehem the remnant vows to obey and asks for guidance. God answers with a clear command to stay and a promise of protection, warning that Egypt’s safety is an illusion that turns into judgment.
Ishmael’s assassination of Gedaliah shatters Judah’s fragile order. Johanan rescues the captives, yet fear drives the remnant toward Egypt, testing whether they will trust God’s word or run.
Jeremiah 40 unfolds the sober work of rebuilding after judgment. A freed prophet, a careful governor, and a remnant at harvest show how God preserves seeds for future mercy.
Jeremiah 10 contrasts man-made idols with the living, eternal King whose wisdom founded the world. It urges right fear, humble repentance, and prayer for measured discipline and justice.
This study follows the invitation to come and live, rooting hope in covenant mercy and the certainty of God’s word. The result is joy, peace, and a world set right to the renown of the Lord.
Assyria’s envoy taunts Jerusalem and recasts holiness as weakness, but Isaiah 36 anchors courage in the living God. The chapter trains believers to resist counterfeit peace and to answer propaganda with quiet trust and prayer.
Isaiah 35 paints the wilderness blossoming as God comes to save, heal, and guide his redeemed along the Way of Holiness. It invites fearful hearts to courage and pilgrims to sing on the journey to Zion.
Plenty cannot guarantee pleasure, and roaming desire never says “enough.” Ecclesiastes 6 teaches that enjoyment itself is God’s gift and that humble trust, not human leverage, anchors meaning under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5 teaches guarded words before God, integrity in vows, realism about money and power, and grateful enjoyment as God’s gift. Reverence and contentment replace grasping and anxiety under the sun.
Oppression, envy, and isolation reveal life’s ache under the sun. Ecclesiastes 4 answers with contentment, sturdy companionship, and hope in God’s enduring judgment.