Book by Book

Jeremiah 23-24

01/24/2024

This week we read about God’s judgment on the kings who were serving as bad shepherds over the people of Jerusalem and Judah. There are echoes of this passage in Jesus’ teaching that he is the good shepherd in the Gospel of John.

We also look at God’s message to the false prophets and the corrupt priests who were leading God’s people away from covenant faithfulness.

In ch. 24 the Lord uses baskets of good and bad figs to reveal that the people who were taken into exile were in a better state than those who remained in Jerusalem.

Chapters

0:00 - Intro

01:01 - Wicked Shepherds and Their Fate (23.1–4)

07:28 - Announcement of a Coming Righteous King (23.5–6)

11:46 - Return of a Banished People (23.7–8)

13:29 - Condemnation of Godless Prophets and Priests (23.9–12)

18:30 - Evil Prophets of Samaria and Jerusalem (23.13–15)

22:38 - Rejection of Unauthorized Prophets (23.16–22)

28:21 - A Declaration of God’s Greatness (23.23–24)

31:00 - Rejection of Lying Prophets (23.25–32)

34:41 - The Burden of the Lord (23.33–40)

Ch.24

38:17 - Description of the Figs (24.1–3)

39:31 - Meaning of the Good Figs (24.4–7)

42:00 - Meaning of the Bad Figs (24.8–10)