Jeremiah (Judah's End) #podcast

Jeremiah = JUDAH’S END Messiah is the sufferer. Jeremiah's own suffering anticipate the suffering of Jesus, Israel's Messiah. There are numerous parallels between Jeremiah and Jesus. Both wept over Jerusalem (9:1 and Luke 19:41) and both foretold the imminent destruction of the temple (7:11-15 and Matthew 24:1-2). The world of grief into which Jesus was born and which He came to save also echoes the grief described in Jeremiah (31:15 and Matthew 2:18). See also the Messianic prophecies in Jeremiah 23:5-6 and 33:14-16. Old Testament Prophet-Poets (by John Jemar, from RLGN 1301 Old Testament History lecture at WBU 2019) #onlineBible #OnlineProphet #ProphetPoet #OTProphet #IsraelProphet #OldTestament #Podcast #BiblePodcast #ProphetPodcast #Prophet #September2026 #Sept2026 TWO BASKETS OF FIGS: In Jeremiah 24:1-10 (page 1264-65), God uses figs as a visual for his prophecy = applying the 8 rules of interpretation ... Skilled workers (#2796 ‘charash’): translated as craftsman, artisan, engraver, artificer and used in Jeremiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:9, Jeremiah 24:1, and Jeremiah 29:2, Exodus 28:3-5, Exodus 36:8, Proverbs 22:29. Jeremiah 10:3 and 10:9 (NIV) says, “For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel … Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purpose – all make by skilled workers.” Proverbs 22:29 (NIV) says, “Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank” Artisans (#4525 ‘masger’): only used seven times and means locksmith or smith. Second Kings 24:14-16, Psalm 142:7, Isaiah 24:22, Isaiah 42:7, Jeremiah 24:1, Jeremiah 29:2. Second Kings 24:14-16 (NIV) says, “He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans--a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left. Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king's mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land. The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.” FOURTH RULE: CONTEXT: everything must be understood & interpreted by context. What is the context and how does it add to a clearer understanding? Jeremiah 23 contains a monolog of the LORD about the coming Messiah as the righteous branch and the doom of false prophets. The text we are examining is the entire chapter of Jeremiah 24. Jeremiah 25 has the prophet word to Jeremiah about the exile and captivity, and how Babylon will be judged later. Therefore, the context of chapter 24 is the prophecy and event of exile to Babylon. This is about Judah and Jerusalem, the exiles and the left behind. FIFTH RULE: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The NIV Cultural Background Study Bible has a footnote on pate 1264, “The fig tree produces two annual crops. The first one generally takes place in May and early June; the second one, which comes under the category ‘summer fruits,’ takes place in August-September.” So was fig trees symbolic for prosperity and safety as First Kings 4:25 says, “During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.” Definitely figurative in Judges 9:11: “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’” Nahum 3:12 says, “All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.” SIXTH RULE: LOGIC/INFERENCE: does the interpretation make sense and what is the passage teaching? The prophecy seems to be clarifying who is good and bad by saying that the exiles going into captivity are actually good, even though their immediate circumstances seem to be bad. And those left behind in conquered Judah as actually bad, even though it seemed they were better off. It kind of serves as a bigger lesson on judging our current situation as good or bad. We lack the perspective to make such a judgment. Sometimes, when we think we are in hot water, it turns out to be a good thing in the long run. Right? EIGHTH RULE: DIVINE INSPIRATION: be committed to seek an explanation for errors. Does the passage contain any errors? What are some possible explanations for those errors? While some sections of Jeremiah are missing from the Greek Septuagint and other sections are organized differently, Jeremiah 24 is not affected by this (Jeremiah 27, 33, 39, 48). No errors or problems are apparent with Jeremiah 23-25.