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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
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Day 341

"For the LORD has redeemed Jacob"

Text: Jeremiah 31:11

A STRONG WORD TO BE PROCLAIMED

This was the word of the LORD that was to be proclaimed. It was a word to be spread far and wide!

“Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
Streaming to the goodness of the LORD—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden,
And they shall sorrow no more at all.”
Jeremiah 31:10-12

1. “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say”

a) This word was not just for Captive Israel in Babylon.

b) This word from the LORD was meant to be proclaimed far and wide.

i) To the nations (Gentiles).

ii) To islands scattered all over the world.

2. “He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does his flock”

a) It was the LORD who scattered Israel.

b) It is the LORD who will gather scattered Israel.

c) The LORD will be that Shepherd who will gather His flock.

3. “For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he”

a) The LORD will do a work of redemption.

b) It is like ransoming Israel.

c) The LORD did not actually pay anyone a ransom.

d) This term was used to describe how the LORD would rescue Israel from powerful enemies who have captured the nation.

4. “Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, streaming to the goodness of the LORD— for wheat and new wine and oil, for the young of the flock and the herd; their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, and they shall sorrow no more at all”

a) This is a description of the redeemed when they return to Zion.

b) They would be streaming in.

c) They would be streaming to the goodness of the LORD.

d) God’s goodness would provide the following:

i) Wheat and new wine and oil will be provided for the people.

ii) Provision will also be made for the young of the flock and the herd.

5. “Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, and they shall sorrow no more at all”

a) The souls of the people who have come back to Zion.
They are compared to a well-watered garden.

b) There will be no more sorrow felt.