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JEREMIAH 7-10


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JEREMIAH 7-10

JEREMIAH'S CONDEMNATION OF THE PEOPLE (7:1-8:17)

They deceive themselves (7:1-15).

The fallacies (7:1-7):

The facts (7:8-15):

They destroy themselves (7:16-8:17).

The command (7:16):

The corruption (7:17-31; 8:4-15)

They worship idols (7:17-18):
They hurt themselves (7:19).
They feel God's fury and are consumed (7:20).
They are like the people God led out of Egypt (7:21-26):
They do not respond to truth (7:27-29):
They sin right before God's eyes (7:30):
They sacrifice their own children (7:31).
They refuse to heed God's law (8:4-7):
They allow themselves to be governed by lying leaders (8:8-15):

The condemnation involved (7:32-8:3, 16-17)

The place where they worship idols will become the Valley of Slaughter (7:32-34):
Enemy troops will desecrate their graves, digging up the bones (8:1-3):
Soldiers will bite them like poisonous serpents (8:16-17):

JEREMIAH'S RESPONSE (8:18-9:26)

Jeremiah's sorrow (8:18-9:1, 10-12)

The extent (8:18-19, 21-22; 9:1, 10-12)

His heart is broken and beyond healing (8:18-19).
His weeping continues day and night (8:21-22; 9:1, 10-12).

The explanation (8:20):

Judah's sins and sufferings (9:2-9, 13-26)

The sins (9:2-9, 13-14)

Adultery (9:2)
Dishonesty (9:3):
Treachery (9:2, 4-9):
Idolatry (9:13-14):

The sufferings (9:15-26)

To be given bitter food and poisoned water (9:15)
To be scattered among distant lands (9:16)
To be afflicted with anguish, death, and mourning (9:17-26)

JEREMIAH'S CONTRAST (10:1-25)

Judah's false gods: (10:1-5, 8-16):

Judah's true God (10:6-7, 17-25):