October
31st Jeremiah
24
Good and bad figs
1:
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before
the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had
carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and
the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem,
and had brought them to Babylon. 2:
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first
ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be
eaten, they were so bad. 3:
Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said,
Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot
be eaten, they are so evil. 4:
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5:
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will
I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I
have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their
good. 6:
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them
again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down;
and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7:
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall
return unto me with their whole heart. 8:
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely
thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and
his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land,
and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 9:
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the
earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a
curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10:
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among
them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them
and to their fathers.
Jeremiah
25 Seven years of desolation
1:
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in
the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that
was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2:
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3:
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah,
even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of
the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early
and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4:
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your
ear to hear. 5:
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath
given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 6:
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do
you no hurt. 7:
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. 8:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words, 9:
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will
bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof,
and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy
them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual
desolations. 10:
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,
the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11:
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and
these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12:
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that
I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD,
for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it
perpetual desolations. 13:
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah
hath prophesied against all the nations. 14:
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also:
and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to
the works of their own hands.
The wrath of God on
the nations
15:
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of
this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee,
to drink it. 16:
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them. 17:
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to
drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 18:
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof,
and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment,
an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19:
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his
people; 20:
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and
all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and
Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21:
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22:
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings
of the isles which are beyond the sea, 23:
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, 24:
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people
that dwell in the desert, 25:
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes, 26:
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and
all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth:
and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27:
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise
no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28:
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to
drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Ye shall certainly drink. 29:
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my
name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be
unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of
the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. 30:
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto
them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his
holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall
give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the
inhabitants of the earth. 31:
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a
controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will
give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation
to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts
of the earth. 33:
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the
ground. 34:
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye
principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your
dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant
vessel. 35:
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the
flock to escape. 36:
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal
of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their
pasture. 37:
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce
anger of the LORD. 38:
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate
because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce
anger.
If you are finding
these Bible readings hard. Don’t worry we are half way through
Jeremiahs book. The Lord shows to Jeremiah two baskets of figs in
front of the temple of the Lord. One basket of figs are good but the
other are bad. The Lord asked Jeremiah what he saw and he said good
and bad figs. Then the Lord said these baskets are like two sorts of
people the bad figs are like those who will go to Babylon but the
good figs will be like those who come back. When they come back they
will be willing to know the Lord. They will return to the Lord with a
whole heart. Then the Lord revealed to Jeremiah that the captivity
would last for 70 years. Again at this late stage the Lord pleads
with Judah to return to him. The Lord describes the sadness and the
bloodshed and the weeping but then says it will last only for 70
years. The Lord says after the 70 years he will punish the
Babylonians for doing all this. This prophecy has elements of the
Great tribulation mixed in with it. Jeremiah was unable to see all of
future prophesy. The Lord will send war to every nation of the earth.
(As in the world wars!) These wars will be so great that every
country and island will have the slain unburied. This is the day of
the wrath of God on the whole earth - which the church will be
delivered from. Christ said of those days that if those days were not
cut short - no man would survive.
- What was the significance of the two baskets?
- What does the Lord reveal to Jeremiah?
- What great war will come on this earth in the future?
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