Jeremiah - Lesson 30

• Chapters 1-23 Review:

  • The LORD called Jeremiah as a prophet to the nations during the last five kings of Judah.

  • The LORD’s warning to His people is to stop worshipping false gods or He will judge them by destruction and exile using a nation from the North, Babylon.

    • The judgment will include the destruction of the temple and the city of Jerusalem.

    • The people are to repent from their evil ways; the leaders are specifically called out for their rejection of the LORD’s covenant and the shedding of innocent blood; the false prophets are called out for misleading the people to believe the LORD would not bring judgment on them.

    • Jeremiah is reviled by the leaders and the people of Judah, but the LORD will protect him.

  • The LORD promises there will not be a complete destruction of His people, as He will provide a Messiah and will bring His people back into the Promised Land in a future time, never to be removed.

  • The words of the LORD are always fulfilled as He is sovereign over His creation.

• Chapters 24-29 Review:

  • Good figs are used to represent the Jews who go into exile and will ultimately be those who become the Jews brought back into the land at a future time. The bad figs represent those who rebel against the judgment the LORD has brought on them through Nebuchadnezzar to last for seventy years.

  • Hypocrisy and false teaching and prophecy plague the LORD’s people justifying the LORD’s judgment on them.

    • Jeremiah continues to experience persecution for bringing the LORD’s truth to His people like planning to stay for a long time in Babylon and calling out false prophets. Some of the false prophets are dealt with immediately.

Jer. 30:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jer. 30:2 “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
Jer. 30:3 ‘For behold, days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The LORD says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.’”
Jer. 30:4 Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:
Jer. 30:5 “For thus says the LORD,
‘I have heard a sound of terror,
Of dread, and there is no peace.
Jer. 30:6 ‘Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
Jer. 30:7 ‘Alas! for that day is great,
There is none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s distress,
But he will be saved from it.

• Verse 1 Jeremiah says the word of the LORD came to him.

• Verse 2 The LORD, the God of Israel, tells Jeremiah he is to write down all the words the LORD had spoken to him in a book in this day that would be a scroll.

  • The words to be recorded are all the words the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

• Verse 3 The reason the words are to be written in a book is because there is a future for Israel and Judah. This is displayed when the LORD says, ‘days are coming.’

  • In these future days the LORD will restore the fortunes of His people Israel and Judah.

  • In those days the LORD will bring them back to the land He gave to their forefathers, those future days they shall possess that land.

• Verse 4 Jeremiah again specifies the LORD has words concerning Israel and Judah.

  • The repeating of both Israel and Judah should help identify the ‘days are coming’ was not fulfilled when Judah returned, after the Babylonian exile, as that only represented those of Judah.

Ezra 2:1 Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.

• Jer. 30:4 These words of days are coming for the fortunes to be restored for Israel and Judah are a future time, from where we are currently in history, for the LORD’s people.

  • Verse 5 The LORD declares He has heard a sound of terror, of dread, and there is no peace.

• Verse 6 The LORD describes what He sees by asking a question, ‘is it possible for a male to give birth?”

  • The sight the LORD sees is that every man has his hands on his loins, like when a woman is in labor in unbearable pain and their faces are pale.

• Verse 7 The LORD describes ‘that day’ as great, so great there is no other day like it.

  • The LORD calls this the ‘time of Jacob’s distress’.

    • Jacob is a reference to the patriarch of all the tribes making up the nation of Israel.

    • Jacob was renamed Israel by the LORD.

Gen. 35:9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.
Gen. 35:10 God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called him Israel.

• This will be a time specifically called out for the distress of Israel.

  • There is an interesting connection made when describing a woman in labor 1 Thess. 5:1-3.

1Th. 5:1 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you.
1Th. 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
1Th. 5:3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

• In 1 Thessalonia Chapter four there is a detailed description of the rapture of the church.

  • Then immediately following that Paul speaks these words in chapter five.

  • This would appear to put the timing of these events after the rapture of the church takes place.

    • The time period of seven years established in the scriptures for this event is known as the Tribulation and is given in Daniel 9:24-27.

    • These are the final years of the larger time period of 490 years also established in these verses.

    • The purpose of these years is given in Dan. 9:24

Dan. 9:24 “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.

• This time has been decreed for Israel, defined as ‘your people and your holy city’, talking to Daniel an Israelite.

  • A detailed teaching of this passage can be found on our website: Daniel 9

Jer. 30:8 ‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.
Jer. 30:9 ‘But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Jer. 30:10 ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ declares the LORD,
‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar
And your offspring from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease,
And no one will make him afraid.
Jer. 30:11 ‘For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will not destroy you completely.
But I will chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

• Verse 8 The LORD continues describing the time of Jacob’s distress as, ‘that day,’ and that He will break his yoke from off their neck.

  • He will also tear off their bonds.

  • They will no longer be slaves to strangers.

    • The events of the time of Jacob’s distress will bring about the breaking of the yoke off their necks. This yoke is the ruling of Gentiles over them and the city of Jerusalem.

    • The yoke was put on the LORD’s people by the LORD beginning with King Nebuchadnezzar and will last until the Tribulation time period is complete.

    • The dream of King Nebuchadnezzar interpreted in chapter two of Daniel gives the historical timeline of the powers that will reign over the LORD’s people and Jerusalem, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar and ending with the anti-christ.

  • After the completion of the Tribulation the ‘time of the Gentiles’ will end their rule and reign over Jerusalem and the Jews, A new age will begin known as the Millennial Kingdom.

  • During this thousand years Israel will serve the LORD, and they will no longer be slaves under Gentile powers.

• Verse 9 In place of being slaves to strangers they will serve the LORD their God and David their king.

  • This is referring to the end of the ‘times of the Gentiles’ outlined in Daniel chapter two. This has been covered in previous lessons in Jeremiah.

  • The LORD will raise up David for them this is given in Ezek. 34:23-24, 37:24-25, Hos. 3:4-5

Ezek. 34:23 “Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
Ezek. 34:24 “And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.

Ezek. 37:24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.
Ezek. 37:25 “They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever.

Hos. 3:4 For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols.
Hos. 3:5 Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

• Ezk. 34 This David is one shepherd – Called My servant David by the LORD.

  • This shepherd will feed Israel.

  • Will be prince among Israel

• Ezk. 37 The LORD declares this one to be His servant David – He will be king over Israel

  • One shepherd. This David will be the LORD’s servant.

  • He will be their prince forever

• Hos. 3 The sons of Israel will seek the LORD their God and David their king.

  • Paul gives clarification of the servant David in Acts 2:29-36.

Acts 2:29 “Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 2:30 “And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,
Acts 2:31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.
Acts 2:32 “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.
Acts 2:33 “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.
Acts 2:34  “For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:
  ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
Acts 2:35 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’
Acts 2:36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ — this Jesus whom you crucified.”

• Verse 29 Paul makes it clear David, like every other man, died and was buried.

  • Verse 30 David, as a prophet, spoke of one that God swore to him with an oath to seat as one of his descendants on his throne.

  • Verse 31-33 This descendant would not be abandoned to death but would be raised up and exalted to the right hand of God, receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit.

  • Verse 34 David referred to this one as My LORD.

  • Verse 36 Jesus who was crucified was made both Lord and Christ by God.

    • Paul makes further comments about David versus any man in Acts 13:22-23, 35-37

Acts 13:22 “After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.’
Acts 13:23 “From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

Acts 13:35 “Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.’
Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
Acts 13:37 but He whom God raised did not undergo decay.

• Jer. 30:9 Israel will serve their God and Jesus their king, whom the LORD will raise up for them.

  • When Jeremiah is given the LORD’s prophecy about ‘raising up for them’ it is about the resurrection of Jesus, their Messiah.

• Jer. 30:10 The LORD tells Jacob, His servant, not to fear.

  • Then the LORD moves from calling His children Jacob to calling them Israel.

  • There is no confusion about who the LORD is speaking to.

  • The LORD says Israel is not to be dismayed.

  • The LORD is going to save Israel from afar.

    • This could refer to the LORD being at a great distance away or the people being a great distance away.

    • The descendant’s of Israel will be brought from the land of their captivity.

    • Wherever the descendants are on earth the LORD will bring them back.

Matt. 24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matt. 24:30 “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.
Matt. 24:31 “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

• Verse 31 Jacob, also called Israel, will return to their land from wherever they are, His elect from the four winds, meaning from all the directions of the earth: North, South, East and West.

  • Jer. 30:10 When Israel returns to the land they live quietly and at ease.

  • There will be no one to make Israel afraid, there will be no enemies of Israel.

  • This will be a time of peace for Israel.

  • This is a description of the peace that will exist for Israel during the Millennial Kingdom.

• Jer. 30:11 The LORD tells Israel He is with them for the purpose of saving them.

  • The LORD will destroy completely all the nations where He has scattered them.

Matt. 25:31 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
Matt. 25:32 “All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Matt. 25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
Matt. 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matt. 25:35 ‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
Matt. 25:36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’
Matt. 25:37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
Matt. 25:38 ‘And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
Matt. 25:39 ‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’
Matt. 25:40 “The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’
Matt. 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Matt. 25:42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
Matt. 25:43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’
Matt. 25:44 “Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’
Matt. 25:45 “Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
Matt. 25:46 “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

• Verse 32 The LORD will gather all the nations together and then they will be separated on His left and right.

  • Verse 40 Identifies those who did things for one of these brothers of Mine, meaning Israelites, did it to or for the LORD.

  • Verse 45 Clarifies the same thing in that whoever did not do these things to or for one of the least of these they did not do for the LORD.

    • The nations will be judged on how they treated Israel during the Tribulation.

• Jer. 30:11 The LORD says He will not destroy Israel completely, but He will chasten her justly and will not leave her unpunished.

Jer. 30:12 “For thus says the LORD,
‘Your wound is incurable
And your injury is serious.
Jer. 30:13 ‘There is no one to plead your cause;
No healing for your sore,
No recovery for you.
Jer. 30:14 ‘All your lovers have forgotten you,
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the punishment of a cruel one,
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous.
Jer. 30:15 ‘Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
Jer. 30:16 ‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
Jer. 30:17 ‘For I will restore you to health
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the LORD,
‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying:
“It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’

• Verse 12 The LORD now describes the condition of Israel. She has an incurable wound brought on by a serious injury. This wound can only lead to the death of the nation without the interference of the LORD.

  • This is because the nation will not keep the promises they made to the LORD.

  • This may also extend to the sin of the nation rejecting their Messiah.

• Verse 13 There is no one to present a case for Israel, or anyone who can heal the sore or bring a path for recovery for Israel.

  • All the nations Israel has looked to for her provision will not be able to heal her only the LORD will heal her.

• Verse 14 The LORD says all of those who were lovers to Israel have forgotten her.

  • The LORD had already defined Israel as the adulterous wife because she did not stay faithful to Him as her only God.

    • Israel continually put her hope in others to save her, other entities to worship as well as human governments to aid her.

    • It seems the LORD is dealing with Israel as an enemy and there will be no one she has turned to before to rescue her to whom she can turn to again.

  • The reason no one else will be there is because the LORD is the one wounding Israel.

  • The wound will look like it is from an enemy, like punishment from a cruel one.

  • The reason for this severity is because the iniquity is great, and the sins of Israel are numerous.

    • The violations Israel has committed to the Law are numerous.

    • The Law they agreed to keep multiple times before the LORD they have broken repeatedly.

• Verse 15 The LORD desires to know why Israel is crying out over her injury. The reason for the incurable pain is because it is deserved; their iniquity is great and their sins are numerous.

  • The reference to the singular focus of iniquity could be a reference to their rejection of Jesus as their Messiah.

  • That one sin led to immeasurable pain and suffering for the LORD’s people.

  • This is why the LORD has done these things to Israel.

  • There should be no question why the LORD is dealing with Israel in this way.

• Verse 16 Because the LORD is bringing His justice on Israel He will also devour her enemies.

  • All those who would be an adversary to Israel will go into captivity.

  • All those who would plunder Israel will be plundered by Israel.

  • All those who would treat Israel as their prey will end up being prey for Israel.

    • This was true for the Assyrian and the Babylonians as the LORD used them to bring judgment on Israel and Judah and yet they were subject to judgment for the way they treated Israel.

    • This will be true for all those the LORD uses to bring judgment on His people throughout history.

Jer. 30:18  “Thus says the LORD,
‘Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
And have compassion on his dwelling places;
And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin,
And the palace will stand on its rightful place.
Jer. 30:19  ‘From them will proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who celebrate;
And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished;
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.
Jer. 30:20  ‘Their children also will be as formerly,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all their oppressors.
Jer. 30:21 ‘Their leader shall be one of them,
And their ruler shall come forth from their midst;
And I will bring him near and he shall approach Me;
For who would dare to risk his life to approach Me?’ declares the LORD.
Jer. 30:22  ‘You shall be My people,
And I will be your God.’”

• Verse 18 After the LORD tells Israel why they are to suffer and what the LORD intends for the enemies of Israel, He now speaks to the promises for Israel.

  • The LORD will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob.

  • They will have places to live and the will have the wealth to live in those places.

  • The LORD will have compassion on the dwelling places of Israel.

    • The reference to ‘the city’ is a reference to Jerusalem; and the LORD promises Jerusalem will be rebuilt in the same place it had been before which has been in ruin.

    • The palace will also be put in its rightful place.

    • The palace would seem to refer to the palace of the king, the place for official business.

    • The reference to Israel having a king during this time, already discussed by the LORD, would be reason to understand this verse to discuss a literal king’s palace and not to symbolize it to be a discussion about the temple.

• Verse 19 The ‘them’ is referring to verse eighteen ‘tents of Jacob’ or Israel.

  • Israel will be filled with thanksgiving and celebration.

  • Israel will again bear children and they will multiply to a number considered significant.

    • The percentage of Jews compared to the world population before WWII was .7%, after the war .44% and currently sits at .2%. (AI generated stats)

    • During the Millennial Kingdom the Jews will make up a significant number of the population.

• Verse 20 Their children will be as formerly.

  • They will remain their children; they will stay as family units.

  • The people will worship before the LORD.

  • The LORD will punish all their oppressors.

• Verse 21 Their leader shall be one of them; their leader shall be an Israelite.

  • Their ruler will come from their midst, from a tribe of Israel.

  • The LORD will bring this leader and ruler near Him as he shall approach the LORD.

  • The LORD asks if there is anyone who would risk his life by approaching the LORD.

    • This is a reference to Jesus ruling and reigning over His people during the Millennial Kingdom.

    • He is an Israelite from the tribe of Judah and He alone met the standards of the Law, living without sin and able to approach the Father.

Heb. 5:8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.
Heb. 5:9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,
Heb. 5:10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

• Verse 8 He was a son, He learned obedience

  • Verse 9 Having been made perfect.

  • Verse 10 He is designated by God as a high priest. The order of Melchizedek is a longer lesson but He is a high priest forever and that is what is important in this application.

    • No man can approach the LORD God, only His Son who is perfect and was called to be the high priest forever could attain to a place to approach the LORD.   

• Jer. 30:22 Israel will be the LORD’s people and He will be their God.

Jer. 24:6 ‘For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
Jer. 24:7 ‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

• The people will have a heart to know Him because of the Son who can approach Him.

  • A Son that can bring salvation to the whole world.

  • A Son who is King, High Priest, Mediator, Judge.

    • More on this in Jeremiah thirty-one.

Jer. 30:23  Behold, the tempest of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth,
A sweeping tempest;
It will burst on the head of the wicked.
Jer. 30:24  The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back
Until He has performed and until He has accomplished
The intent of His heart;
In the latter days you will understand this.

• Verse 23 This is brought about because of the tempest of the LORD.

  • The wrath of the LORD has gone out sweeping all the wicked like a burst on the head.

  • The wicked will be destroyed.

• Verse 24 This is brought by the fierce anger of the LORD and it will not stop until He has accomplished the intent of HIs heart.

  • This will not be made clear until the ‘latter days’.

  • This will be the days close to the end of this age, days yet future Dan. 10:14

Dan. 10:14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to the days yet future.”

• Then the details of future events are revealed to Daniel contained in chapter eleven of the book of Daniel.

  • Daniel is told something similar to Jeremiah in Dan. 12:8-10.

Dan. 12:8 As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?”
Dan. 12:9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.
Dan. 12:10 “Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

• Verse 9 The words are to be sealed up until the end time.

  • Verse 10 Many will be purged, purified and refined. Also seen in Zech. 13:8-9.

Zech. 13:8 “It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the LORD,
“That two parts in it will be cut off and perish;
But the third will be left in it.
Zech. 13:9 “And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”

• This time of Jacob’s distress, the Tribulation, will result in two-thirds of the Jews in all the land perishing.

  • The remaining one-third will be refined, and call on the LORD.

  • They will say they are His people and say, ‘The LORD is my God.’

• Dan. 12:9 The wicked will act wickedly, and not understand what is unfolding before them.

  • Those who have insight will understand what is happening and why.

• Jer. 30:24 In the latter days you will understand, as Daniel described; in the latter days those who have insight will understand.

  • All the words from the prophets are summed up in the promises made to Israel by the LORD in Deut. 4:27-31

Deut. 4:27 “The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you.
Deut. 4:28 “There you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Deut. 4:29 “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deut. 4:30 “When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
Deut. 4:31 “For the LORD your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

• In our study of the scriptures when the topics are focused on future events, yet to be fulfilled, it is considered a study of eschatology.

  • Eschatology is a category of Christian theology, and there are a variety of interpretations in this category of biblical study.

  • The words Jeremiah brought from the LORD to His people in this chapter are filled with many promises for His people.

    • The promise of taking away their inequity is not just a promise for the Israelites but it is also a promise to all believers.

Is. 53:5  But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
Is. 53:6  All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.