Jeremiah Flashcards
בְּטֶ֨רֶם אֶצָּורְךָ֤ [אֶצָּרְךָ֤] בַבֶּ֨טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּבְטֶ֥רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵרֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ
נָבִ֥יא לַגּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ
Jeremiah 1:5
When I had not yet formed you in the womb, I knew you, and when you had not yet emerged from the womb, I had appointed you; a prophet to the nations I made you.
Call to prophesy. God chose Jeremiah even before he was born.
רְאֵ֞ה הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ ׀ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ וְעַל־הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּלְהַֽאֲבִ֣יד וְלַֽהֲר֑וֹס לִבְנ֖וֹת וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ
Jeremiah 1:10
Behold, I have appointed you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to crush, and to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant.
Jeremiah’s learns of his mission.
סִ֤יר נָפ֨וּחַ֙ אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֔ה וּפָנָ֖יו מִפְּנֵ֥י צָפֽוֹנָה… מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה
Jeremiah 1:11, 1:13
“I see a bubbling pot, whose foam is away from the north.” “I see a rod of an almond tree.”
Inagural symbols:
The almond tree is the 1st tree to blossom -> meaning this is going to happen fast.
The bubbling pot from the north - > means that the destruction is going to come from the North. Babylon. Even though they are really east, the route through the fertile crescent brings them down from the north into Judah.
זָכַ֤רְתִּי לָךְ֙ חֶ֣סֶד נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ אַֽהֲבַ֖ת כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ אַֽחֲרַי֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה
Jeremiah 2:2
so said the Lord: I remember to you the lovingkindness of your youth, the love of your nuptials, your following Me in the desert, in a land not sown.
The good old days.
עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּֽוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָֽיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת: יא הַֽהֵימִ֥יר גּוֹי֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה לֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַמִּ֛י הֵמִ֥יר כְּבוֹד֖וֹ בְּל֥וֹא יוֹעִֽיל
Jeremiah 2:10-11
For pass over [to] the isles of the Kittites and see, and send to Kedar and consider diligently, and see whether there was any such thing, Whether a nation exchanged a god although they are not gods. Yet My nation exchanged their glory for what does not avail.
Look at other nations. NOONE switches gods!!! But look at you Israel.
וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֣י שִׁח֑וֹר וּמַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֥י נָהָֽר
Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what have you to do in the way of Egypt to drink the water of the Shihor and what have you to do in the way of Assyria to drink the water of the river?
Why rely on Egypt?! Rely upon GOD!!!
הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר
Jeremiah 2:32
Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her ribbons? Yet My people have forgotten Me for countless days.
Unbelievable!!! How could Israel forget God?!
הֵ֣ן יְשַׁלַּ֣ח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֩ וְהָֽלְכָ֨ה מֵאִתּ֜וֹ וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵ֗ר הֲיָשׁ֤וּב אֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ ע֔וֹד
Jeremiah 3:1
If a man sends away his wife, and she goes away from him, and marries another man, may he return to her again?
This is prohibitted in Deuteronomy.
No human husband would take back this wife, but yet, God always takes Israel back.
הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשְׂתָ֖ה מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֹֽלְכָ֨ה הִ֜יא עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַּ וְאֶל־תַּ֛חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַֽעֲנָ֖ן וַתִּזְנִי־שָֽׁם: ז וָֽאֹמַ֗ר אַֽחֲרֵ֨י עֲשֹׂתָ֧הּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה אֵלַ֥י תָּשׁ֖וּב וְלֹא־שָׁ֑בָה וַתֵּ֛רֶאה [וַתֵּ֛רֶא] בָּגוֹדָ֥ה אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ יְהוּדָֽה
Jeremiah 3:6-7
Have you seen what the backsliding Israel has done? She goes on every lofty mountain and under every leafy tree, and she played the harlot there. And I said after she had done all these things: She shall return to Me. But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].
The two sisters. משובה is Israel and בגודה is Judah. One sister goes whoring and is punished. The other sister sees all of this, and yet does not learn from it. You would think that Judah would have learned from Israel’s fate. But noooooooooooooooooo.
הִמֹּ֣לוּ לַֽה וְהָסִ֨רוּ֙ עָרְל֣וֹת לְבַבְכֶ֔ם
Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and remove the foreskins of your heart
Remove the blockages from your hearts so that you may receive God.
שָׁל֣וֹם ׀ שָׁל֑וֹם וְאֵ֖ין שָׁלֽוֹם
Jeremiah 6:14
False hope.
הֵיכַ֤ל ה֙ הֵיכַ֣ל ה הֵיכַ֥ל ה
Jeremiah 7:4
False idea that Jerusalem is somehow immune to destruction. Don’t rely upon false words like these. Improve your deeds now before it is too late.
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י ׀ מֵֽעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔ם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חתָ֖ן וְק֣וֹל כַּלָּ֑ה
Jeremiah 7:34
And I will stop from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall be desolate.
Know this is Jeremiah. Similar words in the wedding blessings. This is said 4 times in Jeremiah. the first three times all is lost, but the 4th time it occurs hope and joy are restored.
הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֨וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי:
Jeremiah 8:22-23
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then, has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
You bring all of your suffering upon yourselves. You could all easily be healed if you would only listen and do what is right.
שְׁפֹ֣ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֗ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּךָ וְעַל֙ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשִׁמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א קָרָ֑אוּ כִּי־אָֽכְל֣וּ אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽאֲכָלֻ֨הוּ֙ וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ וְאֶת־נָוֵ֖הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ:
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not know You and upon the families that have not called in Your name, for they have devoured Jacob and consumed him and destroyed him, and have wasted his dwelling.
Passover reference.
God uses the nations as his instruments but they too will be punished before it is all over.
