MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH

The Prophet of Judah’s Downfall and Restoration

DENUNCIATION OF JUDAH, Jeremiah 1-33

3. The Sins of Her Leaders, Jeremiah 21-23

Jeremiah 21:11-14

MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID

“And concerning the royal house of the king of Judah [you shall say], ‘Hear the word of the LORD,

O house of David, thus says the LORD: “Administer justice in the morning, And rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor, That My wrath will not roar up like fire And burn so [hotly] that none can extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds.

“Understand this, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain,” says the LORD– “You who say, ‘Who will come down against us? Or who will enter into our dwelling places?’

“But I will punish you in accordance with the [appropriate] consequences of your decisions and your actions,” says the LORD. “I will kindle a fire in your forest, And it will devour all that is around you.”‘”

Jeremiah 22:1-10

Thus says the LORD, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this word there:

‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David–you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates.

Thus says the LORD, “Execute justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

For if you will indeed obey this word, then kings will enter through the gates of this palace, sitting in David’s place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.

But if you will not hear and obey these words, I swear [an oath] by Myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”‘”

For thus says the LORD in regard to the house of the king of Judah: “You are [as valuable] to Me as [the green pastures of] Gilead [east of the Jordan] Or as the [plentiful] summit of Lebanon [west of the Jordan], Yet most certainly [if you will not listen to Me] I will make you a wilderness, And uninhabited cities.

“For I will prepare and appoint destroyers [to execute My judgments] against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your [palaces built of] choicest cedars And throw them in the fire.

“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’

Then they will answer, ‘Because the people ignored and abandoned the [solemn] covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped other gods and served them.'”

Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him; But weep bitterly for the one who goes away [into exile], For he will never return And see his native country [again].

F.B.Meyer
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Jeremiah 21:11-14 and Jeremiah 22:1-10
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By Philippus Schutte

New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;  Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee."  Rom 11:17 -18