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“Jeremiah – My Covenant with the Lord” 🙌
From “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you” (Jer. 1:5) to the promise of a New Covenant written on our hearts (Jer. 31:33), the book of Jeremiah teaches us how to walk in confidence, courage, and covenant relationship with God.
👉 This week
Jeremiah 4 is a call to repentance and a warning of judgment. The chapter begins with God pleading with His people: “If you return, O Israel… return to me” (vv. 1–2). The Lord urges them to remove idols, seek Him with sincerity, and prepare their hearts like unplowed ground ready for planting.
If they refuse, disaster will come swiftly. The prophet describes the coming judgment through invading armies—a lion rising from the thicket (Babylon), bringing destruction to Judah (vv. 5–18). The warnings are vivid: cities laid waste, leaders trembling, and the land mourning.
Jeremiah himself is overcome with anguish as he envisions the devastation, crying, “My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!” (v. 19). The prophet feels the heart of God and the weight of His people’s rebellion.
The chapter closes with the sobering picture of a nation ruined because of persistent sin: the earth becomes desolate, the heavens darkened, and Jerusalem likened to a woman in labor crying out in distress (vv. 23–31).
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