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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
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Day 176

"Humble yourselves"

Text: Jeremiah 13:18

THE MESSAGE OF HUMBLING SELF

We are given a glimpse of the royal family ruling the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The king and the queen mother were singled out for mention. The language in this text is not clear which king was ruling Judah.

“Say to the king and to the queen mother,
‘Humble yourselves;
Sit down,
For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.’
The cities of the South shall be shut up,
And no one shall open them;
Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it;
It shall be wholly carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 13:18-19

1. “Say to the king and to the queen mother, ‘Humble yourselves; sit down, for your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory'”

a) King Jehoiachin became king but ruled for just 3 months (2 Kings 24:8).
i) The king and the Queen mother were specifically admonished.
ii) The word was clear “Humble yourselves; sit down”.
iii) No one listened!
b) The Babylonians came and took him prisoner.
i) His rule collapsed.
ii) The crown of his glory was gone.
c) His mother and the royal family were taken to Babylon (2 Kings 24:9-12).

2. “The cities of the South shall be shut up, and no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; it shall be wholly carried away captive”

a) The cities would all be shut.
b) No one would be able to open what was ordered shut.
c) Judah’s royal family was carried away captive.
d) This was a fate that Jeremiah warned the royal family specifically.
e) The word of the Lord was fulfilled literally.