Looking for Jeremiah

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Remember that:

• Jeremiah was 17 when Yah.weh called him to transmit Yah.weh ’s message of condamnation!
• Yah.weh forbade him to marry or have children!
• His friends had turned their backs on him!
• He knew what was going to happen!
• He was let alone!
• Horrible conditions would be in a short time, with babies, children, and adults dying “grievous” deaths, their bodies unable to even be buried, and their flesh devoured by the birds!
• Jeremiah preached for 40 years but nobody listened to him!
• He became discouraged!
• What a source of encouragement when we live in a world which is coming to its end!

 

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1) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH
Chapter one

- Jeremiah was a priest !

- The word of God came to him in the days of Josiah and Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, three kings of Judah until Jerusalem went into exile !

- This chapter is interesting because God says he knew him before he was born and before he was in the womb of his mother !

- He was to be a prophet to the nations !

- We don’t know anything about his parents !

- He told God he was but a boy and didn’t know how to speak !

- But God didn’t give him any choice !

- He wanted him to go to people and tell them his word !

- He would save him !

Jeremiah 1:9 :

Then the LORD

יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


reached out

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (way·yiš·laḥ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out


His hand,

יָד֔וֹ (yā·ḏōw)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3027: A hand


touched

וַיַּגַּ֖ע (way·yag·ga‘)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike


my mouth,

פִּ֑י (pî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to


and said

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say


to me:

אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)

Preposition | first person common singular

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


“Behold,

הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)

Interjection

Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!


I have put

נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 5414: To give, put, set


My words

דְבָרַ֖י (ḏə·ḇā·ray)

Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


into your mouth.

בְּפִֽיךָ׃ (bə·p̄î·ḵā)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

• CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!

 

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Jeremiah 1:10 :

See,

רְאֵ֞ה (rə·’êh)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular

Strong's 7200: To see

I have appointed

הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ ׀ (hip̄·qaḏ·tî·ḵā)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular

Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

you today

הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day

over

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

nations

הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and kingdoms

הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת (ham·mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)

Article | Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign


to uproot

לִנְת֥וֹשׁ (lin·ṯō·wōš)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5428: To pull or pluck up, root out

and tear down,

וְלִנְת֖וֹץ (wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down

to destroy

וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד (ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct

Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and overthrow,

וְלַהֲר֑וֹס (wə·la·hă·rō·ws)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

to build

לִבְנ֖וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 1129: To build

and plant.”

וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ׃ (wə·lin·ṭō·w·a‘)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant


- God is telling Jeremiah that he will tell God’s word to the nations !


- But it will be mainly words of DESTRUCTION !


- And just at the end, there are two small positive verbs !


- BUILD AND PLANT !


- It seems really strange after four verbs of destruction !

 

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3) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 1

- Then God asks Jeremiah what he sees !

- Jeremiah answers by saying that he sees :

- A branch of an almond tree !

- A boiling pot !

What do almond trees represent?


Highly revered in many cultures, the almond symbolizes watchfulness and promise of new life, as this tree is the first to burst into bloom in many countries. For the Jews, the almond branch was the model for the menorah, and for the Christians, it is a symbol of Jesus' virgin birth.9 abr 2012


Spring Blossoms in Art: The Symbol of Life — ArtCorner - overstockArt.com

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What does almond tree mean in Hebrew?
The Hebrew name for the almond (sha-KED) and for the tree (EitzhaSha-KED or shkaydiYAH) coincidentally has the same root letters as a verb meaning “to be eager, alert, awake, diligent, ready to act.”


What is the meaning of the boiling pot in the Bible?
The giant boiling pot, tilted from the north so as to pour its contents over Judah, symbolized a foreign army entering Judah from the north and overrunning the country. This was a judgment brought about by God because of Judah's idolatry (13-16).


Jeremiah 1:13 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

https://www.studylight.org › commentary › jeremiah

 

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4) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH


Jeremiah 1

- God says that the kingdoms of the north will set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem !

- But not only against Jerusalem but also against all the cities of Judah !

- And God says why !

- It is about his judgments against their wickedness !

- Because they abandoned him !

- Because they worship other gods !

- Who is concerned ?

- EVERYBODY: KINGS OF JUDAH, THE PRIESTS, THE PEOPLE !

- IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE MORE CLEAR !

- BUT USUALLY PEOPLE ARE DEAF AND BLIND WHEN IT IS INTERESTING FOR THEM !

- BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO LAST !

- THUS ISRAEL AND HUMANITY : SAME FIGHT !

- THE RESULT IS NOT GOING TO BE POSITIVE AT ALL !

 

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Jeremiah 2:2

I remember!

זָכַ֤רְתִּי (zā·ḵar·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

the devotion

חֶ֣סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

of your youth,

נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ (nə·‘ū·ra·yiḵ)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

your love

אַהֲבַ֖ת (’a·hă·ḇaṯ)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 160: Love (noun)

as a bride,

כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ (kə·lū·lō·ṯā·yiḵ)

Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 3623: Bridehood

how you followed

לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ (leḵ·têḵ)

Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

Me in the wilderness,

בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (bam·miḏ·bār)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

in a land

בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

not

לֹ֥א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

sown.


- This chapter begins with positive terms :

-Devotion of your youth !

- your love as a bride !

- How you followed me in the wilderness !

- Jeremiah 2:3 : Israel was under God’s protection !

 

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Jeremiah 2:5

This is what

כֹּ֣ה ׀ (kōh)

Adverb

Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD

יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:

אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say

“What

מַה־ (mah-)

Interrogative

Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

fault

עָ֔וֶל (‘ā·wel)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

did your fathers

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֥ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 1: Father

find in Me

מָּצְא֨וּ (mā·ṣə·’ū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

that

כִּ֥י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they strayed so far

רָחֲק֖וּ (rā·ḥă·qū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

from Me,

מֵעָלָ֑י (mê·‘ā·lāy)

Preposition-m | first person common singular

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and followed

וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

worthless idols,

הַהֶ֖בֶל (ha·he·ḇel)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and became worthless themselves?

וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ (way·yeh·bā·lū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1891: To act emptily, become vain

- But it didn’t last !

- They abandoned God for worthless idols !

- And became worthless themselves !

- THIS IS THE WORST CONDAMNATION !

- IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN WORST !

- So when we hear the Pharisees discussing with Jesus, saying Abraham is their father, they forget something crucial !

- Abraham was God’s friend !

- We can’t say the same of Israel !

- Israel was God’s enemy !

- Thus when we hear the Pharisees, it is disgusting !

- If the devil is the father of lies, what are the Pharisees and the scribes ?

- There is no name for such a felony !

 

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Jeremiah 2

- Then God remembers Israel that he brought them from Egypt !

- Thanks to him, they survived in the desert !

- And he gave them the land he promised to Abraham !

- He gave them a good land with many good things !

- What for ?

- Let’s have a look at Jeremiah 2:7

I brought

וָאָבִ֤יא (wā·’ā·ḇî)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

you

אֶתְכֶם֙ (’eṯ·ḵem)

Direct object marker | second person masculine plural

Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

into

אֶל־ (’el-)

Preposition

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

a fertile

הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל (hak·kar·mel)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3759: A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth

land

אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 776: Earth, land


to eat

לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 398: To eat

its fruit

פִּרְיָ֖הּ (pir·yāh)

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 6529: Fruit

and bounty,

וְטוּבָ֑הּ (wə·ṭū·ḇāh)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 2898: Good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare

but you came

וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (wat·tā·ḇō·’ū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and defiled

וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ (wat·tə·ṭam·mə·’ū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean


My land,

אַרְצִ֔י (’ar·ṣî)

Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

and made

שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם (śam·tem)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

My inheritance

וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י (wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯî)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

detestable.

לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (lə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)

Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


- Can you believe what God says about Israel ?

- It is unbelievable !

- It is shocking !

 

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Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation

גּוֹי֙ (gō·w)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

ever changed

הַהֵימִ֥יר (ha·hê·mîr)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

its gods?

אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

(though they

וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1992: They

were no

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

gods [at all]!)

אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Yet My people

וְעַמִּ֛י (wə·‘am·mî)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have exchanged

הֵמִ֥יר (hê·mîr)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

their Glory

כְּבוֹד֖וֹ (kə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

for idols

יוֹעִֽיל׃ (yō·w·‘îl)

Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

[that are] useless.

בְּל֥וֹא (bə·lō·w)

Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 1094: Worn-out things, rags


- It can’t be more clear !

- Why is Israel always going in the same wrong direction ?

- They don’t have any excuse !

- It is not possible to be worse !

- It makes the few faithful servants of God more unbelievable !

- It makes faithfulness something more precious and rare than gold !

 

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Jeremiah 2:9

Therefore,

לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)

Adverb

Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I will contend

אָרִ֥יב (’ā·rîḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

with

אִתְּכֶ֖ם (’it·tə·ḵem)

Preposition | second person masculine plural

Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

you again,

עֹ֛ד (‘ōḏ)

Adverb

Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,

יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and I will bring a case

אָרִֽיב׃ (’ā·rîḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

against

וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)

Conjunctive waw | Preposition

Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

your children’s

בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)

Noun - masculine plural construct

Strong's 1121: A son

children.

בְנֵיכֶ֖ם (ḇə·nê·ḵem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 1121: A son


- Do you understand the degree of guilt ?

- Against your children’s children !

- And the Pharisees call Abraham their father !

- What a joke !

- Abraham was God’s friend !

 

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Jeremiah 2:12

Be stunned

שֹׁ֥מּוּ (šōm·mū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

by

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this,

זֹ֑את (zōṯ)

Pronoun - feminine singular

Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

O heavens,

שָׁמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

be shocked

וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (wə·śa·‘ă·rū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8175: To storm, to shiver, fear

and utterly

מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ)

Adverb

Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

appalled,

חָרְב֥וּ (ḥā·rə·ḇū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.

יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


- Be stunned !

- Be shocked !

- And utterly appalled !

- This type of vocabulary is strong vocabulary !

- It only implies a heavy condamnation !

- With heavy consequences !

- It is not possible to play with God !

- It means being struck heavily !

- When it is too late it is too late !