Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"I have sent to you all My servants the prophets"
Text: Jeremiah 44:4
SENDING OF THE PROPHETS OF GOD
The LORD used every means to reach out to Judah. One of them was to send His servants the prophets.
“However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, saying,
‘Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!’
But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,
to burn no incense to other gods.
So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled
in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.”
Jeremiah 44:4-6
1. “However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!'”
a) God’s part:
i) He sent out His servants the prophets.
ii) He sent them out with a message.
b) The prophets of God spoke to Judah.
i) They preached against the abominable sin of idolatry.
ii) They pleaded with the people to turn away from worshipping idols.
2. “But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,
to burn no incense to other gods”
a) Negative response was noted.
i) The people did not listen.
ii) They did not even incline their ear to turn away from wickedness.
b) They continued to burn incense to other gods.
3. “So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day”
a) The disposition of God was expressed.
i) There was anger.
ii) There was fury.
b) Punitive judgment was poured out:
i) On the cities of Judah.
ii) On the streets of Jerusalem.
c) The results of God’s judgment.
i) The cities were wasted and desolated.
ii) The effects continued to exist in Judah even as this word was given.