Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin." Sermons
I. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LAW, NO DECREE, AGAINST THE PEOPLE'S REPENTANCE. He had made no such law, and man had not. There is no decree of reprobation. II. IT MAY BE CONSISTENT, AFTER ALL, WITH THE TRUTH OF THINGS FOR GOD THUS TO SPEAK, THOUGH WE CANNOT SEE HOW. We infer certain conclusions from what we read and learn about God, and these conclusions seem to deny the possibility of there being any "it may be" with him. But we may be wrong after all, and the fact that he does thus speak lends to the suspicion that we are. III. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ILL FOR US WERE HE TO REVEAL THE CERTAINTIES OF THINGS. If they were to be such as we would desire, we should cease to labour for them. If otherwise, we should sit down in despair. But God desires us to labour and pray, and therefore hides the future from our eyes. Presumption and despair are both great evils; therefore to prevent them, God speaks after the manner of men, if not after the manner of God. IV. BECAUSE HE INTENDS HIS "MAY BE" TO BECOME "SHALL BE." He would have us fellow workers with him, and therefore he encourages our efforts, but hides from us be that which would lead us to think them unnecessary. And probably the "may be" will become "shall be," though not at the time nor in the manner we expect. Let us, therefore, be ever cheered forward when God says, "It may be." - C.
It may be. I. THIS WORD SHOWS US THE HEART OF GOD. Displeased because of sin, but longing to show mercy to the sinner. All His counsels and warnings, promises and threatenings, are for good (Deuteronomy 5:29-33; Deuteronomy 32:44-47; Isaiah 1:18-20; Jeremiah 8:7-11; Ezekiel 12:3; Ezekiel 18:31; Hosea 11:1-8; John 3:16, 17; Luke 19:10, 41, 42).II. THIS WORD REVEALS THE GRAND POSSIBILITIES OF HUMAN LIFE. 1. Earnest attention (ver. 3). 2. Penitential prayer (ver. 7). 3. Moral reconciliation. The hindrances to peace are not with God, but with us. III. THIS WORD HOLDS OUT ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL TRUE WORKERS FOR CHRIST. 1. Prayer. 2. Holy endeavour. 3. Missionary enterprise. (W. Forsyth, M. A.) People Abdeel, Achbor, Azriel, Baruch, Cushi, David, Delaiah, Elishama, Elnathan, Gemariah, Hammelech, Hananiah, Jehoiakim, Jehudi, Jerahmeel, Jeremiah, Josiah, Micah, Micaiah, Michaiah, Neriah, Nethaniah, Seraiah, Shaphan, Shelemiah, Shemaiah, ZedekiahPlaces Babylon, Jerusalem, New GateTopics Bring, Calamity, Disaster, Evil, Evil-doing, Forgive, Forgiveness, Hearing, Inflict, Iniquity, Intend, Judah, Order, Perhaps, Plan, Propitious, Purpose, Return, Sin, Thinking, Turn, Wicked, WickednessOutline 1. Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his prophesy,5. and publicly to read it. 11. The princes, having intelligence thereof by Michaiah, 14. send Jehudi to fetch the roll and read it. 19. They will Baruch to hide himself and Jeremiah. 20. The king, Jehoiakim, being certified thereof, hears part of it and burns the roll. 27. Jeremiah denounces his judgment. 32. Baruch writes a new copy. Dictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 36:3 5917 plans Library Jeremiah's Roll Burned and Reproduced'Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch ... who wrote therein ... all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire, and there were added besides unto them many like words.'--JER. xxxvi. 32. This story brings us into the presence of the long death agony of the Jewish monarchy. The wretched Jehoiakim, the last king but two who reigned in Jerusalem, was put on the throne by the King of Egypt, as his tributary, and used by him as a buffer to bear the brunt … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Growth of the Old Testament Prophetic Histories On the Interpretation of Scripture The Secret of Its Greatness The Essay which Brings up the Rear in this Very Guilty Volume is from The... Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 36:3 NIVJeremiah 36:3 NLT Jeremiah 36:3 ESV Jeremiah 36:3 NASB Jeremiah 36:3 KJV Jeremiah 36:3 Bible Apps Jeremiah 36:3 Parallel Jeremiah 36:3 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 36:3 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 36:3 French Bible Jeremiah 36:3 German Bible Jeremiah 36:3 Commentaries Bible Hub |