Like Shiloh Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have set before you, and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened), then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth.’” Jeremiah 26:3-6 God gives Jeremiah another message for the people in hopes that they would listen and repent. Ironically, it says they do listen (verse 7), but their response isn’t what was […]

The book shifts to a new section as Jeremiah goes to the house of the Lord. Jeremiah 7:4 echoes what the people are saying: “The temple of the Lord!” They feel secure in Jerusalem because the Lord would never destroy his own house, right? Things looked dire over a century earlier under King Hezekiah, but Jerusalem was spared. Unfortunately, the Lord’s mercy back then led to the people feeling invincible. They could do whatever they wanted and the Lord would protect them. Jeremiah tries to warn the people against this false understanding. He appeals to Shiloh (Jeremiah 7:12), where the […]