Archive · 2026
31 posts published on 31 days in August 2026, listed by the day of publication.
God sends Jeremiah to a potter’s house, where a spoiled vessel is reshaped into another vessel according to the potter’s purpose. Through this living picture, God declares His sovereign authority to uproot or establish nations while also…
God commands Jeremiah to take an earthen bottle and lead elders and priests to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, where he announces judgment upon Judah. The people have forsaken the Lord, worshipped foreign gods, shed innocent blood, and…
Jeremiah 20 records the suffering of the prophet after Pashur, a priest and chief officer of the temple, strikes him and places him in the stocks for proclaiming God’s judgment. After his release, Jeremiah announces that Pashur will become…
Jeremiah 21 records King Zedekiah sending Pashur and Zephaniah to Jeremiah, hoping that the Lord will miraculously deliver Jerusalem from Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Instead, God declares that He Himself will fight against Jerusalem…
Jeremiah 22 delivers God’s message to the kings of Judah, commanding them to practice justice, rescue the oppressed, and stop shedding innocent blood. The royal house is warned that privilege, wealth, and descent from David cannot protect…
Jeremiah 23 condemns the corrupt shepherds of Judah who scattered, neglected, and destroyed the people entrusted to their care. God promises that He will gather the remnant of His flock and raise up faithful shepherds, ultimately pointing…
Jeremiah 24 records a vision of two baskets of figs placed before the temple after King Jeconiah and many skilled people of Judah had been carried into Babylon. The good figs represent the exiles whom God had sent away for their ultimate…
Jeremiah 25 recalls that the prophet had faithfully warned Judah for twenty-three years, yet the people repeatedly refused to listen, repent, or turn from idolatry. Because of their persistent rebellion, God declares that Nebuchadnezzar…
Jeremiah 26 records the Lord commanding Jeremiah to stand in the temple court and proclaim every word of warning, so that the people might repent and judgment might be withheld. Instead of receiving the message, the priests, false…
Jeremiah 27 records God’s command for Jeremiah to wear bonds and yokes as a prophetic sign to Judah and the surrounding nations. The Lord declares that He has given the lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and that…
Jeremiah 28 records the confrontation between Jeremiah and Hananiah, a false prophet who publicly promised that Babylon’s yoke would soon be broken. Hananiah claimed that the vessels of the Lord’s house and the captives would return within…
Jeremiah 29 contains the letter Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the Jewish exiles living in Babylon. Instead of encouraging rebellion or false hopes of a quick return, the Lord commands the captives to build houses, plant gardens, raise…
Jeremiah 30 opens with God commanding Jeremiah to write His words in a book, because the Lord promises future restoration for Israel and Judah after their captivity. The chapter speaks of a severe time of distress, called “the time of…
Jeremiah 31 continues God’s promise of restoration for Israel and Judah, showing that His covenant mercy is stronger than their exile and shame. The Lord declares His everlasting love for His people and promises to gather them again…
Jeremiah 32 takes place while Jerusalem is under siege by Babylon and Jeremiah is imprisoned for proclaiming the word of the Lord. In the middle of national collapse, God commands Jeremiah to buy a field in Anathoth as a prophetic sign…
Jeremiah 33 continues while Jeremiah is still shut up in the court of the prison, yet the Lord speaks a word of hope in the middle of judgment. God promises that although Jerusalem and Judah are wounded because of their sin, He will bring…
Jeremiah announces that Jerusalem will fall to Babylon and that King Zedekiah will be taken captive, though he will not die by the sword. During the siege, the people make a covenant before God to release their Hebrew servants, obeying the…
God instructs Jeremiah to bring the Rechabites into the temple and offer them wine, but they refuse because their ancestor Jonadab commanded them not to drink wine or settle permanently in houses. Their steadfast obedience becomes a living…
God commands Jeremiah to write every message of judgment He had spoken against Israel, Judah, and the nations, so that the people might hear, turn from their evil ways, and receive forgiveness. Because Jeremiah is restricted from entering…
King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray for Judah while refusing to obey the word of the Lord already spoken through him. When Pharaoh’s army approaches, the Babylonians temporarily withdraw from Jerusalem, but God warns that this relief will…
Jeremiah continues to warn that those who remain in Jerusalem will die, while those who surrender to the Babylonians will live. The officials accuse him of weakening the soldiers and cast him into a muddy dungeon, intending to leave him…
After a long siege, the Babylonian army breaks through Jerusalem’s walls, and King Zedekiah attempts to escape with his soldiers. He is captured, judged by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, and taken to Babylon after witnessing the destruction of…
Nebuzaradan releases Jeremiah and offers him the choice of going to Babylon or remaining among the people left in Judah. Jeremiah chooses to stay and joins Gedaliah, whom the Babylonians appointed governor over the surviving population…
Jeremiah 41 records the violent aftermath of Jerusalem’s fall, when Ishmael son of Nethaniah betrays and murders Gedaliah, the governor appointed over the remnant in Judah. Ishmael’s treachery leads to further bloodshed, including the…
Jeremiah 42 begins with the remnant of Judah asking Jeremiah to pray to the Lord and reveal the path they should follow after the violence and instability surrounding them. They solemnly promise to obey whatever God commands, whether His…
Jeremiah 43 records the response of Judah’s remnant after God clearly commanded them to remain in the land rather than flee to Egypt. Azariah, Johanan, and other proud men accuse Jeremiah of speaking falsely and refuse to accept that his…
Jeremiah 44 addresses the Judeans living in Egypt and reminds them that Jerusalem and the cities of Judah were devastated because the people repeatedly rejected God and served other gods. Despite witnessing this judgment, the remnant in…
Jeremiah 45 records a personal message from the Lord to Baruch, Jeremiah’s faithful scribe, during the reign of Jehoiakim. Burdened by sorrow and exhaustion, Baruch laments that the Lord has added grief to his pain and that he can find no…
Jeremiah 46 begins a series of prophecies concerning the nations and focuses on Egypt, whose military strength appeared formidable in the ancient world. The chapter foretells Egypt’s defeat at Carchemish by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and…
Jeremiah 47 contains the Lord’s prophetic word against the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. Jeremiah describes an overwhelming enemy coming from the north like rising floodwaters, bringing terror and devastation upon the land, its…
Jeremiah 48 announces severe judgment against Moab, exposing the nation’s pride, idolatry, military confidence, wealth, and trust in its own accomplishments. The cities of Moab will fall, its people will flee, and even Chemosh, the god in…