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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 299

"Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah"

Text: Jeremiah 26:18

SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR JEREMIAH II

A second group of supporters arose in support of Jeremiah. These were “the elders of the land”.

“Then certain of the elders of the land rose up
and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
‘Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.”
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death?
Did he not fear the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor?
And the LORD relented concerning the doom
which He had pronounced against them.
But we are doing great evil against ourselves.'”
Jeremiah 26:17-19

1. “Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying”

a) The princes of the land stood up for Jeremiah.

b) Some of the elders of the land also spoke up for Jeremiah.

2. “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:'”

a) Micah of Moresheth was cited.

b) He was a prophet sent by God in the days of King Hezekiah.

c) He spoke in the name of the LORD of hosts (just as Jeremiah was doing).

3. “Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple like the bare hills of the forest”

a) This prophecy is found in Micah 3:12.

b) He preached in the reign of Hezekiah.

i) He spoke against Jerusalem too.

ii) He had warned that Zion/ Jerusalem could become desolate.

4. “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death?
Did he not fear the LORD and seek the LORD’s favour?
And the LORD relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them.
But we are doing great evil against ourselves”

a) Hezekiah and Judah did not put Micah the prophet to death.

b) Hezekiah humbled himself.

i) He feared the LORD.

ii) He sought His favour (mercy).

c) The LORD relented concerning the doom He pronounced.

d) The nation would be doing a great evil if Jeremiah was condemned to death.