The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah for breaking her covenant with Him, expressing the charge in varied language to show how horrible Judah’s behaviour has been.
Freedom!
Marital pain
Jeremiah finds his work hard because he’s called to speak for the Lord to Judah about her unfaithfulness and the terrible repercussions it will bring to her.
Prophet to the nations
Jeremiah comes from a disgraced line of priests who had once temporarily lost the ark of the covenant. But…
Who are the prophets?
This sermon is the first on Jeremiah and introduces the series with a general description of Old Testament prophets.
Have no idols
Through this short story, Jonah has shown himself unwilling to accept God on His own terms.
I know better than God
Jonah has survived a terrible threat of death twice: once in the sea, and once in Assyria.