Jeremiah 45-46
The God of All
Introduction:
Jeremiah 1:5, “I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:10, “See, I have appointed you this day over the
nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To
destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.”
I.
Consolation 45:1-5
“[45:1]
This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the
son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at
Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, saying: [2] “Thus says the LORD the God
of Israel to you, O Baruch: [3] ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me!
For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning
and have found no rest.’” [4] “Thus you are to say to him,
‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, what I have built I am about to
tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the
whole land.” [5] ‘But you, are you seeking great things for
yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring disaster
on all flesh,’ declares the LORD, ‘but I will give your life to
you as booty in all the places where you may go.’””
II. Confidence 46:1-12
“[46:1]
That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet
concerning the nations. [2] To Egypt, concerning the army of
Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at
Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:”
“[3] “Line
up the shield and buckler, and draw near for the battle! [4] “Harness
the horses, and mount the steeds, and take your stand with helmets
on! Polish the spears, put on the scale-armor!”
“[5] “Why
have I seen it? They are terrified, they are drawing back, and their
mighty men are defeated and have taken refuge in flight, without
facing back; Terror is on every side!” Declares the LORD. [6] Let
not the swift man flee, nor the mighty man escape; in the north
beside the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.”
“[7] Who
is this that rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge
about? [8] Egypt rises like the Nile, even like the rivers whose
waters surge about; and He has said, “I will rise and cover that
land; I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.” [9] Go
up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots, that the mighty men
may march forward: Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield, and the
Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.”
“[10] For
that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, so as
to avenge Himself on His foes; and the sword will devour and be
satiated and drink its fill of their blood; for there will be a
slaughter for the Lord GOD of hosts, in the land of the north by the
river Euphrates. [11] Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, O virgin
daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied remedies; there is no
healing for you. [12] The nations have heard of your shame, and
the earth is full of your cry of distress; For one warrior has
stumbled over another, and both of them have fallen down together.”
III. Calamity
46:13-24
“[13] This
is the message which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the
coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:
[14] “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim also
in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself
ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.’ [15] “Why
have your mighty ones become prostrate? They do not stand because the
LORD has thrust them down. [16] “They have repeatedly
stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they
said, ‘Get up! And let us go back to our own people and our native
land away from the sword of the oppressor.’ [17] “They cried
there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a big noise; he has let the
appointed time pass by!’”
Acts
17:26, “He made from one man every nation of mankind to
live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed
times and the boundaries of their habitation.”
“[18] “As
I live,” declares the King whose name is the LORD of hosts, “Surely
one shall come who looms up like Tabor among the mountains, or like
Carmel by the sea. [19] “Make your baggage ready for exile, O
daughter dwelling in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolation; it
will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants. [20] “Egypt
is a pretty heifer, but a horsefly is coming from the north—it is
coming! [21] “Also her mercenaries in her midst are like
fattened calves, for even they too have turned back and have fled
away together; they did not stand their ground. For the day of their
calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment. [22] “Its
sound moves along like a serpent; for they move on like an army and
come to her as woodcutters with axes. [23] “They have cut down
her forest,” declares the LORD; “Surely it will no more be found,
even though they are now more numerous than locusts and are without
number. [24] “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
given over to the power of the people of the north.””
IV. Collision
46:25-26
“[25]
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to
punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and
her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him. [26] “I
shall give them over to the power of those who are seeking their
lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into
the hand of his officers. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited
as in the days of old,” declares the LORD.”
V. Consideration 46:27-28
“[27] “But
as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear, nor be dismayed, O
Israel! For, see, I am going to save you from afar, and your
descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob will return
and be undisturbed and secure, with no one making him tremble.
[28] “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,
“For I am with you. For I will make a full end of all the nations
where I have driven you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I
will correct you properly and by no means leave you unpunished.””
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