Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
they keep challenging me
they keep challenging me Jeremiah 17:11-18 (JDV) Jeremiah 17:11 He who makes a fortune unjustly is a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. Halfway through his day his riches will abandon him, so after that he will be a … Continue reading
juniper in the Arabah
juniper in the Arabah Jeremiah 17:5-10 (JDV) Jeremiah 17:5 This is what Yahveh says: the person who trusts in the man is afflicted with a curse. He sets up flesh as his arm, and his heart deserts Yahveh. Jeremiah 17:6 … Continue reading
permanent fire
permanent fire Jeremiah 17:1-4 (JDV) Jeremiah 17:1 Judah’s failure is inscribed with an iron stylus. With a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars, Jeremiah 17:2 when their children … Continue reading
eliminated idolatry
eliminated idolatry Jeremiah 16:19-21 (JDV) Jeremiah 16:19 Yahveh, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to you from the ends of the land, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited only … Continue reading
an undefiled land
an undefiled land Jeremiah 16:14-18 (JDV) Jeremiah 16:14 “However, notice, the days are coming” – this is what Yahveh declares – “when it will no longer be said, ‘As Yahveh lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’ … Continue reading
skipping the receptions
skipping the receptions Jeremiah 16:5-13 (JDV) Jeremiah 16:5 “Now – you see – this is what Yahveh says: Don’t come into a house having a mourning feast. Don’t go to mourn or show sorrow for them, because I have removed … Continue reading
single saints
single saints Jeremiah 16:1-4 (JDV) Jeremiah 16:1 The word of Yahveh came to me, and this is what he said: Jeremiah 16:2 “Do not take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place Jeremiah 16:3 because … Continue reading
like a mirage
like a mirage Jeremiah 15:10-21 (JDV) Jeremiah 15:10 Tragedy has come to me, my mother, who gave birth to me, a man who incites dispute and conflict in all the land. I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses … Continue reading
because of Manasseh
because of Manasseh Jeremiah 15:1-9 (JDV) Jeremiah 15:1 Then Yahveh said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my compassion would not reach out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go. … Continue reading
corrected vision
corrected vision Jeremiah 14:19-22 (JDV) Jeremiah 14:19 Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you detest Zion? Why do you strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time … Continue reading
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