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Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD1 Genesis 6:7of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made2 Exodus 32:12anger and change Your mind about3 Exodus 32:14And the LORD repented of the evil4 Judges 2:18of the judge: for it repented the LORD5 1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I have … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 39 13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent Nebushasban, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s chief officers; 14 then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the … Continue reading →

Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal [a]family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 39 Jeremiah 39  1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. 2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 37 Is this the same event? The timing of the event in 37 1.Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim Zedekiah was the last king of Judah who reigned from 597-586 BC.  … Continue reading →

At the start of Jeremiah 36 what is particularly present is the similarity between the message of Jeremiah 26:3 and Jeremiah 36:3.  Three phrases are repeated word for word, letter for letter and vowel point for vowel point. In English: … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 29 Looking at an outline of the book of Jeremiah. Chapter 1-25 Warnings to Judah Chapters 26-29  Historical Narrative during reigns of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah Chapters 30-33 Hope for Israel Chapters 34-45 Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem Chapters 46-51 … Continue reading →

Chiasmus is a literary device where a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order.  The term comes from the Greek capital letter X.  In Jeremiah 30 there are two ideas: the promise of salvation and warnings … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 33 In the Septuagint Jeremiah 33 is Chapter 40.  The Septuagint omits verses 14-26.  The first thirteen verses speak about a return of the nation Israel to land of Israel.  The second thirteen verses speak about a future Israel … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 32:1-15 Jeremiah in prison and Purchase of field dialogue with Yahweh Jeremiah 32:16-23 Favor toward the People Jeremiah 32:24-25 Jerusalem delivered to Chaldeans Jeremiah 32:26  Yahwehs reply Jeremiah 32:28-35  Chaldean attack Jeremiah 32:36-40  Glorious future Zedekiah reigned from 597-586 … Continue reading →