Questions tagged [jeremiah]
Questions regarding Jeremiah (~626 BC to ~587 BC), one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
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Why God allowed some captives from Judah to be exposed in idolatry acts of Babylon [closed]
In the book of Jeremiah, God wants to punish Judah for different acts of sin like idolatry.
God will use Babylon as the instrument to fulfill those prophecy and to stop them in worshipping their ...
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Almond branch or watcher?
What does Jeremiah 1:11 mean with regards to almond branch? The Lord’s response about watching is not clear with regards to almond trees.
11 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "...
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Jeremiah 23:6 - “The LORD Our Righteousness” or “The LORD shall call him “Our Righteousness””?
In the Hebrew Aleppo, Leningrad And Cairo codices, there is a separation mark between Yahweh and Our Righteousness. This is how it looks:
״יהוה | צדקנו״, Separating God’s name from Our Righteousness. ...
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What is the biblical basis for Jeremiah and John the Baptist being born without original sin?
I am reading The Life & Glories of Saint Joseph, by Edward Healy Thompson, which was first published in 1888. At the start of Chapter VII, in which the argument is made that Joseph was born ...
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Why the name Evil-merodach
Is it a title?
And why is merodach written with a lower case "m"?
PS: I came across this name from Jeremiah 52:31 of an NLT Bible
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Did Prophet Jeremiah's soul pre-exist his conception in human form?
At Jeremiah 1: 4-5 we see the prophet speaking of his call:
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
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Do the Jehovah's Witnesses believe the new covenant is for gentiles?
My understanding of the new covenant is that it was made ONLY with the houses of Israel, not with gentiles:
[Jer 31:31 KJV] 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant ...
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Who is the object of the New Covenant and what are it's terms? [closed]
I've asked this question to several people over the years, only professing Christians and particularly those who tout them selves as 'New Testament Christians'. And this is an important question as ...
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How to reconcile God telling Jeremiah to preach to people that won't listen while also saying not to cast your pearls before swine
God tells Jeremiah to preach to people that will not listen:
Jeremiah 7:2,27 NIV - Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message...[long message]...When you tell them all ...
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Do messianic Jews claim to be the beneficiaries of the new covenant now?
Do messianic Jews say that the following is true in their lives?:
NIV Jer 31:
33b: ...“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be ...
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How do those who believe the Son is not Almighty God interpret Revelation 2:23?
To me, the deity of Christ is seen all throughout Revelation, and for that matter, the Gospels (e.g. John 1:1) and Epistles, and all of Scripture, but for the purposes of the question, how do those ...
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Is there any denomination which teaches that God never commanded burnt offerings and sacrifice to Israel?
Jeremiah 7:22
A. New International Version For when I brought your ancestors out of
Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt
offerings and sacrifices
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Jeremiah's seventy years
Many people come to different conclusions around the seventy year exile prophesied I. Jeremiah 25:11. Some say they were 360 day prophetic years, others say "seventy years" is a phrase to mean a ...
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To the Calvinist, is Romans 9:21 potter story based on Jeremiah 18:4?
My Calvinist friend gave me Romans 9:21 and Jeremiah 18:4 to support his view that each individual since was born already either the object of His wrath or the object of His mercy.
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In Jeremiah 12:7, who is the "Beloved of my Heart"?
I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies. - Jeremiah 12:7
This Scripture portion is one of Jeremiah's confessions to ...
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According to Catholics, what is the law placed within the Israelite in the New Covenant?
In Jer. 31:31-34, it is written,
31 “Behold, the days are coming,” said Yahveh, “that I shall cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I cut ...
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Why Jeremiah 10:5 was changed from palm trees to scarecrows
So, I was interested in reading Jeremiah 10:1-5 as it referred to Christmas trees. I found the comparison is very striking in the King James Version. As I was looking into this, however, I noticed ...
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How have Calvinist theologians dealt with statements about God repenting?
There are a number of OT passages that seem to show God changing his mind.1 Perhaps most well-known is his approach to Nineveh in the book of Jonah (summarized in 3:10). An example from Jeremiah also ...
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Mentioning of Prophets [closed]
I was just curious, who are the prophets that are being mentioned in Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 23:33-40, and Zechariah 13:2-6? Why are these verses condemning the ability of prophecy but yet there ...
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Is Jeremiah 10:2-5 referring to a Christmas Tree? [duplicate]
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed by the signs in heaven; For the heathen
are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one
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Does Jeremiah 8:8 imply that the scriptures were corrupted? [closed]
Most Christians think the Bible has been accurately preserved over the ages, and that the textual differences that exist are largely insignificant.
But I came across this verse which makes me ...
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Did Jeremiah lie in Jeremiah 38:27 [closed]
Is Jeremiah lying here? I know that Jeremiah had previously discussed not being sent back to Jonathan's house in Jeremiah 37:20, but that is not the conversation that the officials seem to be asking ...
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What does Catholicism teach about 'The Massacre of the Innocents'?
Matthew 2:16 says:
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under,...
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Why was Jeremiah called the "weeping prophet"
I would like to know why Jeremiah is called the "weeping prophet"
I have looked in Scripture, but I cannot find the answer.
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Why was Jeremiah treated well by the Babylonians?
Jeremiah was persecuted, and all but killed by his countrymen, the Israelites. But when they were conquered by the Babylonians, he was rescued and treated well by the conquerors.1
Why is that? Was it ...
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Why did the KJV translate Jeremiah 29:11 as "to give you an expected end"?
I ran across the KJV translation of Jeremiah 29:11 on Facebook today and was struck by a seeming contradiction in the way the last part was translated. Here is the verse alongside other modern ...
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Are pride and boasting ever okay? [closed]
We are proud of our son for being able to write his name, and my wife was boasting that she helped him learn to write it. Ultimately, we both know it's from God that he is able to learn this skill ...
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