JEREMIAH'S MESSAGES TO KING JEHOIACHIN
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Jeremiah confronts many people with their sins: kings, false prophets, those at the temples, and those at the gates. A lack of response made Jeremiah wonder if he was doing any good at all. He often felt discouraged and sometimes bitter. To bring such gloomy messages to these people was a hard task.
b) Jeremiah lived to see many of his prophecies come true - most notably the fall of Jerusalem. The fulfillment of this and other prophecies against the foreign nations came as a result of sin. Those who refuse to confess their sin bring judgment upon themselves.
c) Let's look at the messages Jeremiah brought to the kings during his lifetime.
1. King Jehoiachin (Coniah)
a) Story of his reign: 2 Kings 24:8-17
b) Dates of his reign: 598-597 B.C.
c) Character of his reign: Evil
2. Jeremiah's message to the king
a) Pride precedes captivity
i) 18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.” 19 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. 20 Lift up your eyes and see, Those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, Your beautiful sheep? 21 What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them, To be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor? 22 And if you say in your heart, “Why have these things come upon me?” For the greatness of your iniquity, Your skirts have been uncovered, Your heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. 24 “Therefore I will scatter them like stubble, That passes away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is your lot, The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord, “Because you have forgotten Me, And trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face, That your shame may appear. 27 I have seen your adulteries, And your lustful neighing, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?” (Jeremiah 13:18-27 NKJV)
ii) Other Scripture text: Jeremiah 22:24-30.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Jeremiah confronts many people with their sins: kings, false prophets, those at the temples, and those at the gates. A lack of response made Jeremiah wonder if he was doing any good at all. He often felt discouraged and sometimes bitter. To bring such gloomy messages to these people was a hard task.
b) Jeremiah lived to see many of his prophecies come true - most notably the fall of Jerusalem. The fulfillment of this and other prophecies against the foreign nations came as a result of sin. Those who refuse to confess their sin bring judgment upon themselves.
c) Let's look at the messages Jeremiah brought to the kings during his lifetime.
1. King Jehoiachin (Coniah)
a) Story of his reign: 2 Kings 24:8-17
b) Dates of his reign: 598-597 B.C.
c) Character of his reign: Evil
2. Jeremiah's message to the king
a) Pride precedes captivity
i) 18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.” 19 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. 20 Lift up your eyes and see, Those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, Your beautiful sheep? 21 What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them, To be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor? 22 And if you say in your heart, “Why have these things come upon me?” For the greatness of your iniquity, Your skirts have been uncovered, Your heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. 24 “Therefore I will scatter them like stubble, That passes away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is your lot, The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord, “Because you have forgotten Me, And trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face, That your shame may appear. 27 I have seen your adulteries, And your lustful neighing, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?” (Jeremiah 13:18-27 NKJV)
ii) Other Scripture text: Jeremiah 22:24-30.
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