Pastor @trbutler turns to #Jeremiah to briefly think about what prophets were frequently called to do: warn us. Jeremiah had reason for fear, but God assured him and sent him to call us to safety. #bible #52verses52books52weeks https://youtu.be/6i1xW9cgzwI
This Week at Little Hills - Jeremiah (April 28, 2026)

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I'd wanted to keep going and look to where in #Jeremiah 30-31, the #prophet actually shares about God's plan of restoration for his people... but the storm had other plans. ⛈️🚨🌪️ https://youtu.be/6i1xW9cgzwI
This Week at Little Hills - Jeremiah (April 28, 2026)

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#Jeremiah 38:6a seems to me ungrammatical in the MT:
וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּ אֹת֜וֹ אֶל־הַבּ֣וֹר׀ מַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
"They took Jeremiah and they threw him into the pit - Malkiyahu the king's son."

It cannot be "the pit of Malkiyahu" because הבור has a definite article.

Indeed, the Masoretes seemed to want to help readers exclude reading it as "the pit of" by adding a vertical line after "the pit."

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The Book of #Jeremiah is generally perceived as a rather depressing and distressing book, and for understandable reasons: most of Jeremiah's messages to the Judahites of his day were not pleasant, and his own experiences were grievous and severe. 
The Book of #Jeremiah is generally perceived as a rather depressing and distressing book, and for understandable reasons: most of Jeremiah's messages to the Judahites of his day were not pleasant, and his own experiences were grievous and severe. 

The word of YHWH through #Jeremiah seemed rather #treasonous

He encouraged and exhorted the Judahites to submit to the yoke of #Nebuchadnezzar king of #Babylon and preached how YHWH had given Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty over all the lands. 

The word of YHWH through #Jeremiah seemed rather #treasonous

He encouraged and exhorted the Judahites to submit to the yoke of #Nebuchadnezzar king of #Babylon and preached how YHWH had given Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty over all the lands. 

#Hananiah promised the people YHWH would break the yoke of the king of #Babylon and restore the exiled Judahites to the land within two years. 

We can understand why the people would rather have listened to and believed Hananiah over #Jeremiah.  But it would not be the case.
 

#Hananiah promised the people YHWH would break the yoke of the king of #Babylon and restore the exiled Judahites to the land within two years. 

We can understand why the people would rather have listened to and believed Hananiah over #Jeremiah.  But it would not be the case.
 

God called #Jeremiah to #prophesy to the Judahites from the days of Josiah until the beginning of the days of the Babylonian #exile

Jeremiah, therefore, was given the unenviable task of proclaiming the word of God to the people at the very precipice of disaster, begging them to repent.