![]() The complete collapse and fall of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem happened eleven years later in 586 B.C. The removal of King Jehoiachin occurred in 597 B.C. 10): This verse contains a remarkable prophecy. There has never been so much deviant propaganda directed at so many unthinking people through so many mesmerizing media.Ĥ. 8-9): Jeremiah warned the exiles not to listen wrong voices. Jeremiah was telling the people to pray for the “shalom” of the nation where they had been exiled.ģ. 7): Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. All you can do for now is make the most of it, do the best you can, rejoice in the Lord, and keep on going.Ģ. Increase in number there do not decrease.” Jeremiah’s point is: There isn’t going to be a last-minute miracle or any sudden solutions to the problem. Marry and have sons and daughters find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so they too may have sons and daughters. ![]() 4-6): This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down plant gardens and eat what they produce. When we are not where we want to be, how should we respond?ġ. In looking this chapter, we can learn something about responding to negative surroundings. The judgment of God is falling.” In chapter 29, he wrote to exiles who had already been deported to Babylon, giving the same message, but in the middle of it we find this remarkable verse of comfort and hope (v. God will surely send a miracle of deliverance as He has in the past.” But Jeremiah’s message was, “There’s no last minute miracle on the way. False prophets were telling the people, “Don’t give up there’s still hope. In this passage, Jeremiah was trapped in the city of Jerusalem which was being dissembled by the Babylonians. Despite our best efforts, our circumstances aren’t user friendly. Introduction/ Background (Jeremiah 29:1-3): Sometimes things are not as we want them to be. ![]() Scripture - Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” The key text is Jeremiah 29:1-14, especially verse 11. (I’ve been working several days to hammer last Sunday’s sermon into a concise outline here it is for your devotional study or teaching/preaching use. ![]()
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