Under siege and in chains, Jeremiah buys a field as a sign that God will restore. The Lord answers with “Is anything too hard for me?” and vows an everlasting covenant of good.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Jeremiah 31 answers sorrow with a covenant written on hearts and secured by God’s cosmic decrees. Gathered families, rebuilt towns, and glad worship announce a future where mourning turns to joy.
Jeremiah 30 gathers storm and song: God disciplines in due measure and restores with covenant mercy. He breaks the yoke, raises a ruler from among his people, and fills the ruins with thanksgiving.
Jeremiah 29 meets God’s people in exile and calls them to patient, prayerful presence under his hand. Seventy years of waiting end in promised restoration and renewed fellowship with the God who listens.
Hananiah breaks Jeremiah’s yoke and promises a two-year turnaround. God answers with iron and verifies his word the same year, teaching communities to resist pleasant lies and to live inside God’s appointed season.
With a wooden yoke on his neck, Jeremiah tells kings and priests that life lies in submitting to God’s declared plan. The Lord will keep his promises, guarding even temple vessels “until the day I come for them,” and will restore in his time.
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 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.
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 4 opens a door of repentance while the trumpet of judgment sounds from the north. The chapter urges heart-circumcision, exposes false peace, and anchors hope in God’s preserving mercy that promises rebuilding after ruin.
Jeremiah 3 confronts spiritual adultery with the severe mercy of a Husband who still invites His people to return. The chapter promises healing for backsliding, faithful shepherds, and a future gathered around the Lord’s throne.
Isaiah 60 calls Zion to arise because the Lord’s glory has come. The vision moves from restored worship and open gates to the final city where the Lord is everlasting light.
The oracle exposes performance religion and calls for a fast that frees the oppressed, feeds the hungry, and delights in Sabbath. When worship takes that shape, God answers, guides, and turns scorched places into gardens.