Some thoughts on Scripture

Jeremiah 12:10--"Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot: They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness." As I read through the Old Testament, again and again I see figurative references that Jesus also uses in His parables. In the above case,... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 11:19--"But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, 'Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.' " Just as Jesus would be... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 10:12-13--"He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion. When He utters His voice, There is a multitude of waters in the heavens; 'And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 9:23-24--"Thus says the L ORD: 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the L ORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment,... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 8:13--" 'I will surely consume them,' says the L ORD, 'No grapes shall be on the vine, Nor figs on the fig tree, And the leaf shall fade; And the things I have given them shall pass away from them.' " The prophet's metaphor bespeaks the Lord's judgment against a people who will not turn to... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 7:27--"Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you." There is an important theme in the mission of Jeremiah, namely that people need to do their best, freely so, and that that must not be confused... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 6:13-14--"Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely. They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace." Jeremiah here... Sign in to see full entry.

Jeremiah 5:3-4--"O L ORD, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return. Therefore I said, 'Surely these are poor. They... Sign in to see full entry.

Isaiah 64:6a--"But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags...." As I ponder this verse on this Easter occasion, I think of the culmination, that is, of the "rags" that Christ left behind when He arose from the tomb. Our righteousness can never meet God's... Sign in to see full entry.

Isaiah 63:9--"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old." (KJV) It grieved the Lord that we were full of sin and that we should suffer affliction. He, as the... Sign in to see full entry.