Tuesdays with Jeremiah (Chapter 20)

Jeremiah’s shattering prophecies in chapter 19 would provides the context for his punishment and prayer in chapter 20.  The chief officer (a top official under the high priest), Pashhur son of Immer, hears Jeremiah’s dire pronouncement in the temple courts…

Tuesdays with Jeremiah (Chapter 18)

Chapter 18 contains the well-known message from the potter’s house about God’s sovereign power to shatter or spare nations (1-10).  Following this message of warning and hope, we see Israel’s tragic, fatalistic and disobedient response (11-12).  The Lord reacts to…