Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"The LORD will roar from on high"
Text: Jeremiah 25:30
AN OMINOUS PROPHECY I
The prophecies the LORD gave to Jeremiah to proclaim were very grave. These prophecies have yet to be fulfilled.
“Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:
‘The LORD will roar from on high,
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His fold.
He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
A noise will come to the ends of the earth—
For the LORD has a controversy with the nations;
He will plead His case with all flesh.
He will give those who are wicked to the sword,’ says the LORD.”
Jeremiah 25:30-31
1. “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them”
a) The words of this prophecy came from the LORD Himself.
b) This was a word that had deep implications and impact.
2. “The LORD will roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation”
a) The LORD Himself will speak.
b) He will speak from on high… from His holy habitation. The LORD will speak this word from Heaven itself.
3. “He will roar mightily against His fold.
He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth”
a) This mighty word (“roar”) would be directed against Israel (His people).
b) This word would also be against “all the inhabitants of the earth”.
c) This prophecy has yet to be fulfilled.
d) Those who tread the grapes:
i) This imagery is drawn from the way they made wine.
ii) The garments of the treaders of grapes would become red.
iii) The war that would come would see much bloodshed.
4. “‘A noise will come to the ends of the earth—
For the LORD has a controversy with the nations;
He will plead His case with all flesh.
He will give those who are wicked to the sword,’ says the LORD.”
a) The LORD has a controversy with all the nations.
b) This will be a war against the wicked.
c) The sword would be raised against all who persist in wickedness.