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Jeremiah 
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Day 209

"I will cause them to know My hand and My might"

Text: Jeremiah 16:21

GOD’S RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH

God caused Jeremiah to understand that Gentiles, far away from Jerusalem, could understand faith in Him. The LORD would now have to teach the children of Israel to know Him afresh!

“Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?
Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them to know
My hand and My might;
And they shall know that My name is the LORD”
Jeremiah 16:20-21

1. “Will a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?”

a) The Gentiles had come to realise this truth (Jeremiah 16:19).
b) The children of Israel had made gods for themselves.
i) How does one make a god?
ii) The very idea was preposterous!
c) The Gentiles had come to abandon their idols to worship God!
d) The children of Israel had abandoned God to worship idols!

2. “Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know”

a) God will seek to teach the children of Israel to know Him.
b) But they would have to face hardship and exile before they can know Him.

3. “I will cause them to know My hand and My might”

a) The children of Israel will know afresh:
i) His hand
ii) His might
b) The Gentiles would also learn about the God of Israel too.

4. “And they shall know that My name is the LORD”

a) This was what God said to Moses when he began his ministry.
b) The children of Israel had not known Him as “LORD” (Exodus 6:2-3).
c) The exiled children of Israel would know God as LORD.
i) They will know His might.
ii) They will see His hand of power.