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Notes: March 18, 2009 – Jeremiah 49

God against the Ammonites, Edomites and more

Will you rejoice that your enemies have received judgment from God?

Do you not realize that all of God’s enemies, including you, will receive such judgment?

Ammon shall be destroyed (v 2-6)

  • Kings, priests and princes shall be carried away (v 3)
  • The glorious and bountiful countryside shall be overrun (v 4)
  • Yet a remnant shall be saved (v 6)

Edom, descendants of Esau, shall be destroyed (v 7-22; Isaiah 34)

  • Enemies might stop short of total destruction; but God will not stop (v 9-10).
  • God will care for widows and orphans (v 11)
  • They who would belittle and despise God will be seen thus by their neighbors (v 15).
  • Strong men are often proud; pride will destroy the strongest of men and nations (v 16).
  • Would you like to be as Sodom and Gomorrah? (v 18)
  • When men become as women, that is a day to regret (v 22)

Damascus (Syria) shall be destroyed (v 23-27)

  • Fear can paralyze a strong man and a strong nation. (v 24).
  • Former music and rejoicing disappear (v 25).

Kedar shall be destroyed (v 28-29)

  • Not only city dwellers, but even the nomads will be affected (v 29).

Hazor shall be destroyed (v 30-33)

  • A wealthy nation that lives carelessly (v 31)
  • Uninhabitable (v 33)

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Notes: March 17, 2009 – Jeremiah 48

God against Moab

How long has it been since the Moabite first opposed Israel?

How often has that opposition popped up again during the intervening years?

God will not hold him guiltless who sets himself against God. The Moabites will learn this lesson by personal and national experience.

  • They are Madmen who oppose God (v 2)
  • Cities cry out (v 1-3)
  • Children are affected by the sins of their fathers (v 4)
  • Self-confidence without God is a curse (v 7)
  • No god is greater than Jehovah (v 7)
  • Destruction comes suddenly (v 8-9)
  • Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully (Jeremiah 48:10).
  • Cursed also is the one who does not attack sin.
  • Comfortable living can be a curse (v 11).
  • Bury the false gods (v 13-18)
  • The fleeing masses will be asked why they flee (v 19-24).
  • The confused and staggering nation is as drunk (v 25-27).
  • What of Moab’s pride now? (v29)
  • What of Moab’s thanksgiving? (v33)
  • What of Moab’s false religion? (v 35)
  • Why? Because Moab has set himself up against the Lord. (v 42)
  • Fear, pit and snare. There shall be no escape for Moab. (v 43)
  • Would God be so merciful as to save a remnant? (v 47)

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Notes: March 16, 2009 – Jeremiah 47

God against the Philistines

No matter how long the enemies of God have tormented the people of God, God will hold them accountable.

  • The neighboring Philistines had tormented Israel for generations. Do you remember David and Goliath the Philistine?
  • Jeremiah had earlier delivered a word from God about the doom of the Philistines (Jeremiah 25:20).
  • Philistia’s enemy would be Egypt (v 1).
  • The attack would come from the north (v 2).
  • The enemy would have many horses and chariots (v 3).
  • This forthcoming trouble would last as long as God orders it (v 6-7).

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Notes: March 15, 2009 – Jeremiah 45 & 46

Promises and Threats

These two chapters both record revelation given in the 4th year of Jehoiakim (45:1; 46:2). Compare Jeremiah 36:1.

Jeremiah 45

  • Baruch is the recipient of a message from the Lord.
  • This message came after Baruch had faithfully written the word of God through Jeremiah.
  • Baruch had thrown up his hands in despair, as though the coming invasion by Babylon would prevent him from accomplishing all of his goals.
  • God rebukes him.

Jeremiah 46

  • The Egyptians are not exempt from God’s judgment.
  • The day of the Lord’s vengeance will break them (v 10)
  • God will send the Babylonians against Egypt as well as against Judah (v 18-26)
  • Judah is reminded that God will recover them from their captivity and restore them to the land (v 27-28)

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