Today’s passage: Jeremiah 4:1-31
Helpful thoughts:
- Chapter 4 begins with a continuation of God’s call for Israel’s repentance.
- Repentance is a matter of the heart (The inner man) before it ever becomes evident in our actions.
- The idea of judgment against Jerusalem was bewildering to Jeremiah, but it was coming.
- Verse 23 brings to memory Genesis 1:2. God took was was formless and void and filled it with purpose. Now Judah would see the undoing of it’s purpose.
Questions to consider:
- In awaiting judgment, what should have been shocking to the Jews? Why should they have lamented?
- Would we typically be more prone to lament the downfall of our country militarily or the downfall of our country righteously? Would we be more prone to lament the consequences of our sin or the sin itself?
- What do we know now about the future of Jerusalem? Would it remain formless and void? What is God going to do? (Revelation 21:1-4)