Chapter thirty contains a specific, outlined message from Jehovah to his people, both Israel and Judah, concerning what he was going to do (Jeremiah 30:1-4). God had Jeremiah write them down on a scroll to indicate their sacredness and importance and in order to preserve them exactly as God intended.1 This preservation was important because […]
Chapter twenty-nine is the story of three letters. In Jeremiah 29:1-23 God had Jeremiah send a letter from Jerusalem to the exiles in Babylon, telling them to plan for a long life there. “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your
Chapter twenty-eight provides an exceptional example of the false teaching that Jeremiah had to deal with. Shortly after the events of chapter 27, while Jeremiah still wore the wooden yoke on his neck (Jeremiah 27:2), a prophet named Hananiah confronted Jeremiah about his message. Hananiah declared that God promised the exiles would return within two
