Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Then it shall be to Me a name of joy"
Text: Jeremiah 33:9
THE PLANS OF GOD FOR ISRAEL REVEALED II
The LORD continued to reveal to Jeremiah what He would do for His people. They would be cleansed, and they can have a wonderful new beginning!
“I will cleanse them from all their iniquity
by which they have sinned against Me,
and I will pardon all their iniquities
by which they have sinned
and by which they have transgressed against Me.
Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise,
and an honour before all nations of the earth,
who shall hear all the good that I do to them;
they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness
and all the prosperity that I provide for it.”
Jeremiah 33:8-9
1. “I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me,
and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned
and by which they have transgressed against Me”
a) There were things that God had to address:
i) Sins
ii) Iniquities
iii) Transgressions
b) This was the action that God would take:
i) He would cleanse them.
ii) He would pardon them.
iii) This was a tremendous display of the grace and mercy of the LORD.
2. “Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise,
and an honour before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them;
they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it”
a) Returning Israel was given a great second chance to make good.
b) What the nation could become:
i) A name of joy and praise to the name of God.
ii) God would bestow upon them great honour.
c) God’s provision:
i) Divine goodness
ii) Gracious prosperity
d) Other nations:
i) They will be in fear of the LORD.
ii) They will tremble before God as they witness
the Divine goodness of God bestowed on returning Israel.