“Build houses and live in them plant gardens and eat their produce. The following verses, 4-10, contain an edict from the Lord for the Jews to continue living, to not give up, and to ignore prophets whom He had not ordained. Verses 1-3 serve as introductions, stating who wrote the letter and when. The letter can be broken up into sections. In chapter 29, the prophet wrote to encourage the people in exile, and warn them against false prophets during this time. The Jews would be taken from their homeland for a period of seventy years. Because they had been worshipping Baal and Moloch, false gods imported from foreign lands, breaking their covenant, the Lord allowed Babylon to invade. The Israelites received warnings from the Lord through the prophet Jeremiah that this would happen. Solomon’s Temple was destroyed as well, adding to the calamity. Many despaired, separated from their homes, their history, and their God. The prophet wrote this passage to those Israelites in exile in Babylon. Though God often protected him from these persecutions, Jeremiah’s prophecies were ignored.Ĭhapter 29 in the Book of Jeremiah is a letter with a specific message to a specific audience. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more’” ( Jeremiah 11:19). He preached throughout Israel, and received much persecution “But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. He gives his father and his tribe, as well as the time he began receiving prophecy and messages from the Lord. He says, “The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign” ( Jeremiah 1:1-2). The prophet provides some biographic information about himself early in the book. ![]() The book includes more than just prophetic text it also has biographical information, sermons, and poetic messages which communicate God’s will to the people. God does not change, no matter how individuals or the world does, and believers can rest assured that He will keep His promises.īabylon and the Kingdom of Judah had been in conflict for a few years, resulting in the Babylonian empire conquering Jerusalem, destroying the Temple, and carrying the Israelites into slavery. As Jesus says in the New Testament, centuries later, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” ( Matthew 24:35). When Jesus promises to return for His church, we can have confidence in His word. When the Lord promises that we are saved, He means it. ![]() God did not forsake His people, redeeming them for His glory and their good. God is not fickle, and He keeps His promises! Because the Father kept His promises to use the Jewish people in His plans, the whole world has access to salvation through Jesus Christ. In context, this verse served as an encouragement for the Jews in exile, and should be a great encouragement for Christians today. If God allowed the descendants of David to be carried out to Babylon to go extinct in exile, then that promise of an eternal throne for David’s descendants could not have been fulfilled. There is only one throne that lasts forever, the throne of God where Jesus Christ will reign forever. God promised David, a descendant who would reign forever, “You have said, ‘I have made a covenant with my chosen one I have sworn to David my servant: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build your throne for all generations’” ( Psalms 89:3-4). In fact, this verse is a foreshadowing of the coming Messiah, the Lord Jesus. Even though they broke their promise to worship only the one true God, He was not going to forget His word, and would restore them to blessings. They were the people of David, a man after God’s own heart. ![]() ![]() They were the descendants of Abraham, with whom God made a covenant to bless His descendants. This verse is a reiteration of the promises of God, as well as the guarantee that He always keeps His covenants. In the context of Jeremiah 29, the phrase, “I know the plans I have for you,” refers to the plans the Lord has had for the people of Israel from the beginning.
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