jeremiah 13 and 14

Read Jeremiah 13 and 14 at Bible Gateway.

The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Jer 13:1-2 {p} YHVH to Jeremiah: Get a linen sash, and gird your waist with it/ Jeremiah did
Jer 13:3-7 {p} Hide the sash in a hole in the rock, and after many days dig it up/ Jeremiah did, it was ruined
Jer 13:8-10 {s} So I will ruin the pride of Judah + Jerusalem, for this evil people are profitable for nothing
Jer 13:11-12a {s} As a sash clings to the waist, so this people cling to Me for glory, but they will not hear
Jer 13:12b-17 {s} I will fill this people with drunkenness and not have mercy/ hear + give God glory + repent now
Jer 13:18-19 {s} To the king + queen mother: humble yourselves, for your rule will collapse + Judah carried captive
Jer 13:20-27 {s} See those from the north/ because you have forgotten Me + trusted falsehood, you will be ashamed
Jer 14:1-9 {s} Drought upon Judah + Jerusalem because of their iniquities/ Judah’s prayer for relief
Jer 14:10 {p} Judah has loved to wander from YHVH, there He does not accept them + He will remember their sin
Jer 14:11-12 {s} Do not pray for them, for I will not accept them, but consume them by sword, famine, pestilence
Jer 14:13 {s} The prophets say to them, you shall not see sword or famine, but have peace
Jer 14:14 {s} The prophets prophesy lies in the name of YHVH, for He has not sent them
Jer 14:15-18 {s} By the sword + famine those prophets shall be consumed, and those who listen to them
Jer 14:19-22 {p} Jeremiah’s prayer not to reject Judah, but to remember His covenant, and send rain

Jer 14 chaistic structure:

1a) Jer 14:1-6, Judah + Jerusalem mourn that there is no rain in the land, at the word of YHVH;

1b) Jer 14:7-9 {s} We have sinned against You/ We are called by Your name, do not leave us;

1c) Jer 14:10 {p} I do not accept My people, but now will punish their sins;

1) Jer 14:10a, Thus says YHVH: My people have wandered from Me, therefore I do not accept them;
2) Jer 14:10b {p} He will remember their iniquity now, and punish their sins;

central axis) Jer 14:11, Then YHVH said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good;”

2c) Jer 14:12-19, I will not accept their offerings, but sword, famine, pestilence shall consume them;

1) Jer 14:12a, When they fast + offer offerings, I will not hear them nor accept them;
2) Jer 14:12b-19, Sword, famine, and pestilence shall consume the virgin daughter of Jerusalem;

1a) Jer 14:12b {s} But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
1b) Jer 14:13 {s} Jeremiah: The prophets tell them they shall not see sword or famine, but peace;
central axis) Jer 14:14 {s} The prophets prophesy lies in the name of YHVH, for He has not sent them;
2b) Jer 14:15-18 {s} By the sword + famine those prophets shall be consumed, and those who listen to them;
2a) Jer 14:19, Have You rejected Judah + Zion/ we looked for peace + healing, but found no good, only trouble;

2b) Jer 14:20-21 We have sinned against You/ Do not abhor us for Your name’s sake;

2a) Jer 14:22 {p} Idols cannot cause rain, but only YHVH/ therefore we will wait for You, our God.

God is warning Judah to repent now while there is still time, for the day is coming, if they do not repent, when there will be nothing left but judgment.

This is the gospel of grace. It is fact that the Door to heaven, Jesus the Messiah, is standing open (Rev 4:1), and mercy and grace is being poured out; but the day is coming when the door will be shut. Now is the time of repentance and return; today is the day of salvation. Warning, warning! Do not harden your heart as the men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem did, past the point of no return. Repent today, return today! Yield today to the Word of the LORD, the living Word, Jesus Christ, and receive His grace, the forgiveness of sins, and the free gift of salvation! Yield today to the written Word, the Torah, and order our lives to obey God’s commandments, as an outward expression of the inward faith we now have in Jesus! We do not know what day we will wake up and we will have passed the point of no return, that there is nothing left but judgment poured out on the Law- less and all who offend (Mat 13:41-42).