Jeremiah 1:1-19 The Lord Tells Jeremiah that He is to be His Spokesman

 

The Lord Tells Jeremiah that He is to be His Spokesman

Jeremiah 1:1-19                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The words of Jeremiah, [Hilkiah's] son, of the priests, [who] were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. To whom the Word of the Lord came [during] the days of Josaiah, [Amon's] son, [Judah's] king, in the 13th year [he ruled.]

[The Word of the Lord] also came [to Jeremiah] [during] the days of Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah’s] king, [through] the end of the 11th year of Zedekiah, [Josiah's] [other] son [who later ruled as] [Judah's] king, [until] the [captivity] of [those from] Jerusalem [who were carried] away captive in the 5th month.

Then, the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, I knew you, before I formed you in the [stomach.] And I sanctified you, before you [were delivered] out of the womb. And I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

[Galatians 15-16 But when it pleased God, who separated me from the womb & called me by His grace, to reveal His son, [through] me, that I might preach Him among the heathen. Immediately, I [didn’t consult] with [what is] flesh & blood.]

Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! [Look,] I can't speak: for I am [just] a child, [a.k.a. a youth.] But the Lord said to me, [Don't] say, I am a child. For you shall go to all, [whom] I shall send you. And you shall speak, [whatever] I command you. [Don't] be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

Then, the Lord put [out] His hand & touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, [Look,] I have put My Words in your mouth. See, this day I have [put] you over the nations & kingdoms to [weed] out, to pull down & to destroy & to throw down, to [rebuild] & to plant.

[Additionally,] the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, What [do] you see? And I said, I see a rod, [a.k.a. branch] of an almond tree. Then, the Lord said to me, Thou have seen well: for I will [rush] My Word to [accomplish] it.

And the Word of the Lord came to me the 2nd time, saying, What [do] you see? And I said, I see a [boiling] pot & [it's facing] toward the north. Then, the Lord said to me, Out of the north [a calamity] shall break [out] upon all the inhabitants of the land.

For, the Lord said, [Look,] I will call all the families of the [northern] kingdoms & they shall come & everyone shall [put] his throne at the [gate entrance] of Jerusalem & [around it] & against all [its] walls & against all [Judah's] cities. [Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.]

And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [And those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made] of their own hands.

Therefore, you [belt] up your [waist] & arise. And speak to them all that I command you & [don't] be [discouraged] at their faces, lest I [confuse] you [in front of] them.

For, [look,] I have made you this day, [like] a [fortified] city, an iron pillar & brass walls, against the whole land. Against: [Judah's] kings, [its] princes, [its] priests & [its] people of the land. And they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

[Jeremiah 15:20-21 And I will make you to this people [like] a fenced [brass] wall & they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you to save you & to deliver you, says the Lord. And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked & I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.]

Isaiah 66:1-24 The Lord says, I Will Comfort You in Jerusalem

 

The Lord says, I Will Comfort You in Jerusalem

Isaiah 66:1-24                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord says [this,] The heaven is My throne & the earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you build to Me? And where is My [resting] place? For My hand made all those things & all those things [exist,] says the Lord.

But I will look to this man, even to him, [who] is poor & of a [repentant] spirit & trembles at My Word. He, [who] kills an ox is, as if he [killed] a man. He [who] sacrifices a lamb [is,] as if he cut off a dog's neck. He, [who] offers an [offering] [is,] as if he offered swine's blood. He, [who] burns incense [is,] as if he blessed an idol.

[Yes,] they have chosen their own ways & their soul delights in their abominations. [2 Kings 21:5-7 And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord's] house. And he made his son pass through the fire & observed times, [a.k.a. astrology or horoscopes,] used enchantments & dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. talking with the dead] & wizards.

He [brought about] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. And he [put a carved] image [in] the grove, that he had made in the [Lord's] house, of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, I will put My Name in this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, forever.]

I will also choose their delusions & will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none [answered.] When I [spoke,] they didn't hear. But they did evil [in front of My] eyes & chose [what] I [didn't delight in.] Hear the Word of the Lord, you, [who] tremble at His Word.

Your brethren, [who] hated you & cast you out for My Name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but to your joy, He shall appear & they shall be ashamed. A [sound] of noise from the city & from the temple, [the] voice of the Lord, [Who gives repayment] to His enemies.

She [gave birth,] before she [was in labor] & before her pain came, she [had] delivered a [male] child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to [give birth] in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion [labored,] she [gave birth to] her children.

[Isaiah 49:20-23 After you have lost the [others,] the children [that] you shall have, shall again say in your ears, The place is too [small] for me. Give me [a] place that I may [live.] Then you shall say in your heart, Who has [delivered] these [for] me, seeing I have lost my children & am desolate, a captive, [wandering] to & fro? And who has [raised] these?

[Look,] I was left alone & where had these been? The Lord God says [this,] I will lift up [My] hand to the Gentiles & [put] up a [banner for] the people. And they shall bring your [orphaned] sons in their arms & your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

And kings shall be your [foster fathers] & their queens shall be your [foster mothers.] They shall bow down to you [facing the ground] & lick the dust [off] your feet & you shall know that I Am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed, [who] wait for Me.]

The Lord says, Shall I bring to the [time of] birth & not [produce delivery as a result?] Your God says, Shall I [produce delivery] & shut the womb? [Isaiah 55:11 So My Word shall be that goes [forward] out of My mouth. It shall not return to Me [ineffective,] but shall accomplish [what] I please & it shall [benefit] in the thing, [for which] I sent it.]

You rejoice with Jerusalem & be glad with her, all you, [who] love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you, [who] mourn for her. That you may [nurse] & be satisfied with the [comfort] of her breasts; [so] that you may [drink deeply] & be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

For the Lord says [this, Look,] I will extend peace to her like a river & the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing steam. Then, you shall [nurse] & shall be [carried] [straddled] upon her sides & be [bounced] upon her knees.

So, I will comfort you, [like] one whom his mother comforts & you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice & your bones shall flourish like [plants] & the hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants & to His enemies: His indignation.

For, [look,] the Lord will come with fire & with His chariots like a whirlwind, to [give] His anger with fury & His [scolding] with flames of fire. For by His sword & by fire, the Lord will plead with all [people]. And the slain of the Lord shall be many.

[2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 [Since] it's a righteous thing with God to [repay] tribulation to [those who troubled] you. And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on [those who don't] know God & [don't] obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.]

They, [who] sanctify & purify themselves in the gardens behind 1 tree in the [middle,] eating swine's flesh & [what is detestable] & the mouse. The Lord says, They shall be consumed together. For I know their [deeds] & their thoughts. It shall [happen,] that I will gather all nations & [languages] & they shall come & see My glory.

[Revelation 5:7-10 And He came & took the Book out of the right hand of Him, [Who] sat on the throne. And when He had taken the Book, the 4 [living creatures] & 24 elders fell down before the Lamb, everyone having harps & golden vials of [incense, that] are the prayers of saints.

And they [sang] a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the Book & to open the seals [of it.] For You [were] slain & by Your blood, have redeemed us to God, out of every [family & language] & people & nation. And [have] made us kings & priests to our God & we shall [rule] on the earth.]

And I will [put] a sign among them & I will sent those [who] escape [from] them to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, Lud & [those who] draw the bow to Tubal & Javan & to the [coastal islands] far [away, who] haven't heard [of] My fame & neither have seen My glory.

And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. [Romans 15:10-12 And He says again, Rejoice you Gentiles, with His people. And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles & [glorify] Him, all you people. *And again, [Isaiah said,] There shall be a Root of Jesse & He, [Who] shall rise to [rule] over the Gentiles, the Gentiles shall trust in Him.]

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering out of all the nations to the Lord, upon horses, in chariots, in litters, upon mules & upon swift [animals,] to My holy mountain, Jerusalem, says the Lord, [like] the children [people] of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the [Lord's] house.

[Isaiah 18:7 In that time, the present shall be brought to the Lord of Hosts [from] a scattered people, terrible from their beginning, [until now.] A nation [measured] out & [trampled] under foot, whose land, the rivers have spoiled [all the way] to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord of Hosts.]

And I will also take of them for: priests & for Levites, says the Lord. The Lord says, For [like] the new heavens & the new earth, [that] I will make, shall remain before Me, so shall your [descendants] & your name remain. [Revelation 21:1-3 And I saw a new heaven & a new earth.

For the first heaven & the first earth [had] passed away & there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven, from God, prepared [like] a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men. And He will dwell with them & they shall be His people & God, Himself, shall be with them & be their God.]

And it shall [happen,] that from one New Moon to another & from one Sabbath to another, all [people] shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord. And they shall go [out] & look upon the [corpses] of men, [who] have [sinned] against Me. For their worm shall not die & neither shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be [loathed by] all flesh.

Isaiah 65:1-25 As Israelites Worship False gods, Another Nation Comes to the True God

 

As Israelites Worship False gods, Another Nation Comes to the True God

Isaiah 65:1-25                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

I am sought [by those, who didn’t ask] for Me. I am found, [by those who didn’t search for] Me. I said, [See,] Me, [see] Me, to a nation that wasn’t called by My Name. I have spread out My hands all day to a rebellious people, [who follow] in a [path] that wasn’t good, [but was according to] their own thoughts.

[Isaiah 1:21-24 How [has] the faithful city become [like] a harlot! It was full of [Justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers. Your silver [has] become [scum] & your wine [is] mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious & companions of thieves.

Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] & follows after rewards. They [don’t] [fairly] judge the fatherless & neither does the [case] of the widow come to them. Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel says, Ah, I will ease [Myself] of [My] adversaries & avenge [Myself] of [My] enemies.]

A people, [who] provoke Me to anger to My face continually & sacrifice in gardens & burn incense upon altars of brick. [2 Kings 21:5-7 And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord’s] house.

And he made his son pass through the fire & observed times, [a.k.a. astrology or horoscopes] & used enchantments & dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. talking to the dead] & wizards. He [did] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.

And he [put] in the grove a [carved image] that he had made, in the [temple] of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, I will put my Name in this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, forever.]

[A people who] remain among the graves & lodge in the [graveyard] monuments, [who] eat swine’s [meat] & [the] broth of [detestable] things [are] in their [cooking pots.] [Who] say, Stand by yourself & [don’t come near me; for I am holier than you. These are [like] smoke in My nose, [from] a fire that burns all day.

[Matthew 9:11-13 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, Why [does] your [Teacher] eat with publicans, [a.k.a. tax collectors] & sinners? But when Jesus heard that, He said to them, [Those who are] whole [don’t] need a physician, but [those who] are sick. But you go & learn what that means, I will have mercy & not [sacrifices.] For I [have] not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.]

[See,] it is written before Me: I won’t keep [silent,] but will [repay,] even [repay] into their [heart.] [Psalm 50:3-6 Our God shall come & shall not keep [silent.] A fire shall devour before Him & it shall be very tempestuous [around] Him. From above, He shall call to the heavens & to the earth, that He may judge His people.

Gather My saints together to Me & those [who] have made a covenant [contract] with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God, Himself, is Judge. Selah.]

The Lord says, Therefore, I will measure their [previous deeds] into their [heart,] [for] your [sins] & the [sins] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills.

[Ezekiel 22:11-15 And one has committed [adultery] with his neighbor’s wife & another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law & another [of] you has [violated] his sister, his father’s daughter. In you, they have taken gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] to shed blood.

You have taken [excessive interest] & [increased prices] & you have greedily gained [by] your neighbors [through] extortion & have forgotten Me, says the Lord God. Therefore, [look,] I have [struck] [with] My hand, at your dishonest gain [that] you made & at your [bloodshed] [that] has been [done] in midst of you.

Can your heart endure, or your hands be strong, [on] the days that I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken it & will do it. And I will scatter you among the heathen & [distribute] you in the countries & will [remove] your filthiness out of you.]

The Lord says [this, Like] the [grapes for the] new wine is found in the cluster & [someone] says, [Don’t] destroy it; for it is a blessing. I will do so for My servant’s sakes, [so] that I [won’t] have to destroy all [of] them. And I will bring [out] a seed out of Jacob & out of Judah, an inheritor of My mountains. And My [chosen] shall inherit it & [My] servants shall dwell there.

[Isaiah 11:9-10 In all My mountain, they shall not [harm,] nor destroy. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, [like] the waters cover the sea. *And [on] that day, there shall be a Root of Jesse, [Who] shall stand for [a banner for] the people. The Gentiles shall [search for] it & His [resting place] shall be glorious.]

And for My people, [who] have sought Me, Sharon shall be a [sheep pen for] flocks & the Valley of Achor, a place for the herds to lie down in. [Isaiah 11:6 The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb & the leopard shall lie down with the kid [goat.] And a little Child shall lead them: the calf, the young lion & the [fattened animal] together.]

But you are [those who abandon] the Lord & forget My holy mountain & [who] prepare a table for that troop & furnish the drink offering to that number. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worship the works [made by] their own hands.]

Therefore, I will [count] you [out] to the sword & you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I [spoke,] you didn’t [listen;] but did evil [in front of My] eyes & chose, [what] I [didn’t delight in.] [Jeremiah 7:7-11 Then, I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your [forefathers,] forever & ever.

[Look,] you [who] trust in lying words, that can’t [benefit.] Will you: steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely & burn incense to Baal & [follow] after other gods, whom you [didn’t] know & come & stand before Me in this house, [that] is called by My Name & say, We are [called] to do all these abominations? In your eyes, [has] this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers? [Look,] I have even seen it, says the Lord.]

Therefore, the Lord God says [this, Look,] My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry. [Look,] My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty. [Look,] My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed. [Look,] My servants shall sing [with hearts] of joy, but you shall cry [out with sorrowful] hearts & shall howl [with troubled spirits.]

And you shall leave your name for a curse, to My chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you & [shall] call His servants by another name. [Revelation 2:17 He, [who] has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him [who] overcomes, I will give to eat of the hidden manna & will give him a white stone. And [on] the stone a new name written, [that] no man knows, [except] he [who] receives it.]

For, [look,] I create [a] new heavens & a new earth & the [previous] shall not be remembered, nor come [to] mind. But you be glad & rejoice forever in [what] I create. For, [look,] I create Jerusalem, for rejoicing & a joy [for] her people.

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem & [have] joy in My people. And the [sound] of weeping shall no [longer] be heard in her, nor the voice of crying. [Revelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven & a new earth. For the first heaven & the first earth [had] passed away & there was no more sea.

And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared [like] a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men. And He will dwell with them & they shall be His people & God, Himself, shall be with them & be their God.

*And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be nor more death, neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be anymore pain: for the [previous] things [have] passed away.]

There shall be no more [infants] [who only live for a few number] of days, nor an old man, [who] hasn’t [fulfilled] his days. For the child shall die [at] 100 years old, but the sinner being 100 years old, shall be [cursed.]

And they shall build houses & [live in] them. And they shall plant vineyards & eat the fruit of them. They shall not build [houses] & another [lives in them.] They shall not plant & another [eats it.] For [like] the days of a tree, are the days of My people & My [chosen] shall enjoy the work of their hands [a] long [time.]

They shall not labor in vain, nor [produce] [what causes] trouble. For they are the [descendants] of the blessed of the Lord & their offspring with them. [Isaiah 61:9 And their [descendants] shall be known among the Gentiles & their offspring among the people. All, [who] see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the [descendants that] the Lord blessed.]

And it shall [happen,] that before they call, I will answer. And while they are [still] speaking, I will hear. The wolf & the lamb shall [graze] together & the lion shall eat straw like the [young bull.] And dust shall be the [snake’s food.] They shall not [harm,] nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says the Lord.

Isaiah 64:1-12 Wanting the Lord God to Not Hold His Peace

 

Wanting the Lord God to Not Hold His Peace

Isaiah 64:1-12                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Oh, that you would [tear open] the heavens, [so] that You would come down & that the mountains might flow down at Your presence. [Psalm 144:5 Bow [down] Your heavens, O Lord & come down. Touch the mountains & they shall smoke.]

[Like] when the melting fire burns. [2 Peter 3:10 *But the day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat & also the earth & the [things made] that are [in there] shall be burned up.]

The fire causes the waters to boil, to make Your Name known to Your [enemies, so] that the nations may tremble at Your presence! When you did [terribly awesome] things, [that] we [didn’t] look for, You came down & the mountains flowed down at your presence.

[Exodus 19:17-18 And Moses brought the people [forward] out of the camp to meet with God & they stood at the [lowest] part of the Mount. And Mount Sinai, [a.k.a. Mount Horeb,] was [totally smoking,] because the Lord descended upon it in the fire & the smoke [of it went up like] the smoke of a furnace & the whole [mountain] quaked greatly.]

O God, since the beginning of the world, men haven't heard, nor [have their ears] [become aware of] & neither have [their eyes] seen [any god] [besides] You & what He has prepared for him, [who] waits for Him. [Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men.

And He will dwell with them & they shall be His people. And God, Himself, shall be with them & be their God. *And God shall wipe away all their tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be any more pain: for the [previous] things [have] passed away.]

You [greet] him, [who] rejoices & [accomplishes what is righteous] & [those who] remember You & Your ways. [Look,] You are [angry;] for we have sinned. In those, [who continue,] we shall be saved. [2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack [about] His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient] to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.]

We are all [like] an unclean thing & all our righteousness, [is like] filthy rags. We all fade [like] a leaf & our [sins] have taken us away like the wind. And there is none, [who] calls upon Your Name, that stirs himself up to [embrace] You, for You have [hidden] Your face from us & have consumed us, because of our [sins.]

But now, O Lord, You are our Father & we are the clay. And You are our potter & we all are the work of Your hand. [Don't] be very [furious], O Lord. Neither remember [our sins] forever. We [urge] You, [Look] & see, we are all Your people. Your holy cities & Zion are a wilderness & Jerusalem [is] a desolation.

Our beautiful holy [temple], where our [forefathers] praised You, is burned up with fire. And all our pleasant things are laid [to] waste. [2 Kings 25:9-11 And he burnt the [Lord's] house & the king's house & all the houses of Jerusalem & every great man's house with fire. ]

And all the army of the [Chaldean's, who] were with the captain of the guard, [broke] down [Jerusalem's] walls [all around.] Now, the rest of the people, [who] were left in the city & the fugitives, [who defected] to the king of Babylon, with the [rest] of the multitude, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, [carried] away.]

O Lord, will You withdraw Yourself & hold Your peace [about] these things & [severely] afflict us? [Isaiah 54:7-8 For a small moment, I have [abandoned] you; but with great mercies, I will gather you. In a little wrath, I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness, I will have mercy on you, says the Lord, Your Redeemer.]