Category: Daily Devotion

  Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. Jeremiah 7:21 – The previous book we studied together was Leviticus. In Leviticus we learned God’s commands about how He wanted all the different sacrifices to be handled, including the burnt offerings. While most all the…

  The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them. Jeremiah 6:29-30 – The prophet Jeremiah was given a symbolic title from the Lord, a tester of metals. The idea was that Israel…

  Then I said, “These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. I will go to the great and will speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.” But they all alike had…

  For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.” Jeremiah 4:31 – In this chapter the Lord is outlining the severity…

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed. Jeremiah‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬ ‭- As we work through this book, a common message we’ll see and write about is the waywardness of Israel at this time. Instead of a faithful…

  Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Jeremiah 2:11 – If anyone was wondering why the Lord was coming down so hard on His people at this time, Jeremiah made that reason clear within this chapter. Israel had…

  Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.” Jeremiah 1:9 – Starting this new book together we see the powerful call of the Lord on young Jeremiah’s life. As this time he was likely in his late teens to early twenties, living…

  Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons…Leviticus 27:2 – In this last chapter of Leviticus we see the Lord’s laws over vows that were made to Him. Essentially if someone possessed something, whether that be land, an animal, a house,…

  But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. Leviticus 26:45 – Our chapter, while not the last one in the book, seems to wrap up God’s message to…

  And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. Leviticus 25:10 – Sadly we don’t know how much, or if ever, this was…