Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 23:5-6). It was just an offering of fellowship. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "I will cause a Branch of righteousness to arise unto David ". Far from it! Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then would be fulfilled what is after promised. the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the How might you broaden your sermon about redemptive hope to include all of Creation, and not just humanity? And Jeremiah in this 33 rd chapter reminds us that even in the midst of life's worst woes, even in a time of collapsing securities and the disorientation that always results, God has a word. Both of these pillars were broken with the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple; the theocracy the appeared to have ceased to exist. We are called to speak a word of hope and promise in a world often filled with fear and uncertainty, even despair. His situation looked bleak, as this was not a good time to be a true prophet of God. and my people they have despised, so that they are no longer a nation before them. The complete fulfillment of Gods promises has not yet happened, but it is coming. Is God through with Israel? Jeremiah 33:14. 1. The meaning of the Prophet is, that God would at length render evident the power of his word, by fulfilling it. The formula , "there never will be cut off from David one sitting," etc., has the meaning, David will never want a descendant to occupy his throne; or, the posterity of David will possess the kingdom for ever. On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the prophecy of a righteous Branch springing up for David in anything but a messianic light. his person and office: that I will perform that good thing II. Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. But God's promise was true. under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are ], "Days are coming" (Heb. laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds This promise is, Jeremiah 33:17, further confirmed by the renewal of that which the Lord had given King David, through Nathan the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, and that, too, in the form in which David himself had expressed it in his address to Solomon, shortly before his death, 1 Kings 2:4, and in which Solomon had repeated it, 1 Kings 8:25 and 1 Kings 9:5. the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints And then they would barbecue it and the priest would take that part for him and for the Lord and then you sit and feast on the rest of it. Such a view explains this addition to our passage, to which critics such as Hitzig have taken objection. The peace of the country. In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. That the Prophet then might still support these, he bids them to extend their thoughts to a future time; and he had prefixed, as we have before seen, seventy years. God repeated His promise to Jeremiah to emphasize in the minds of believers what He intended to do in the future. would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then JEREMIAH 33. All rights reserved. God has said, "I'm going to do it. Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. Some texts describe it as polluting Gods land (see Numbers 35) or even being the very reason for the exile, that the land might recover and heal (see also Ezekiel 36). Verse 1. It is amazing that "Jehovah Our Righteousness," which is given there as the name of the Righteous Branch (The Messiah), appears here as the name of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 23 PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS (The parentheses represent poetic literary units) READING CYCLE THREE (see introductory section) FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT PARAGRAPH LEVEL This is a study guide commentary,which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. ". Wait a minute. The wealth of the country, after their return. This, though a song of old, yet, being sung upon this fresh occasion, will be a new song. Jeremiah 33:19. Nevertheless, he has purchased the land as a pledge, as earnest of Gods redemption: For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land (32:15). This intimates, 1. The mention of Jerusalem instead of Israel is connected with the general scope of our prophecy, viz., to comfort the covenant people over the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 33:4.). Yet now, in the midst of catastrophe, the prophet finally speaks words of promise! The people of Israel grew weary of Jeremiah's message of repentance, and even asked the king to silence him by putting him into prison. Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. "As an Advent text, this passage not only calls us to reflect on the faithfulness of God in the past as He worked in Israel?s history, especially as that faithfulness worked out in the Coming of Jesus the Christ. He had been divinely called to denounce Israel's spiritual apostasy and proclaim severe judgement upon them. show to the prophet, ( Jeremiah Leaving this verse out of your sermon could run the risk of leaving your people with the mistaken impression that God privileges the Christian tradition over the Jewish one. Sermons on Jeremiah 30-33 Alan Carr - Jeremiah 32:1-15 The Prison Of His Purposes Alan Carr - Jeremiah 32:16-27 The God of the Impossible Steven Cole - Jeremiah 32:1-25 - The Man Who Bought Property In A War Zone Charles Simeon - Jeremiah 30:10, 11.God's gracious Designs towards his chosen People Despite their sin, they are still the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and they are still his people (23-26). 14 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. c. Praise the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for His mercy endures forever: Instead of the anguished cries of a city under judgment, they would hear the sound of people praising God for His goodness and ever-enduring mercy. That good thing - Better, the good word Jeremiah 29:10, with reference to the promise already given Jeremiah 23:5-6. pp. At the same time, one must also be honest about ones reality and faithfulness as a Christian preacher. 15 "'In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land. attention, and even as calling for admiration. Only in a limited and preliminary way were these promises fulfilled in Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar after the Captivity (cf. A model of repentance never fulfilled. Many good words or promises are made before, concerning Jeremiah was in prison, and the Lord appeared to him a second time (Jer. This is not in and of itself bad: we are Christian preachers, after all. [Note: Feinberg, p. 591. Jeremiah 33:14-16 NIV " 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving We'll be going there for big barbecues and having a great time as we offer the sacrifices and as we sit and eat with the Lord in that glorious fellowship with Him. If you but trust in God to guide you ELW 769, H82 635, GG 816, NCH 410, UMH 142 O come, o come, Emmanuel ELW 257, H82 56, GG 88, NCH 116, UMH 211, Stir up your power, O Lord, and come, Carl Schalk, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Capital University. That son is the Son of God, the Messiah. While there are no invading armies on the doorstep (at least not in the North American context), many parishioners will resonate with the fear and hopelessness of Jeremiahs original audience. Destitution does not have the last word. But the burnt offerings were offerings of consecration where you would bring a lamb unto the priest and they would butcher it. If you just call upon the Lord, He will show you great and mighty things. hinneh yamim baim) has appeared 16 times so far in Jeremiah referring to coming judgment on Judah and the surrounding nations. It may be helpful here to pause over the verse 16 word saved for a moment. Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-18 Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. In Jeremiah 33:14 it is designated as the establishment, i.e., the realization, of the good word which the Lord has spoken concerning Israel and Judah. Psalms 110:4) and are yet to be fulfilled in the reign of Messiah on earth." This designation of Jerusalem as "Jehovah Our Righteousness" makes it mandatory to read "Jerusalem" here as "The New Jerusalem." 16 In those days Judah will be saved Behold, the days come, saith the Lord . The word of God, when it denounces all kinds of death, and contains nothing but terrors, is always good, if goodness be taken for what is just and right; and hence God, by Ezekiel, reproves the Jews, because his word was bitter to them, and says, Are the ways of the Lord crooked and thorny? - The very same promise is given to the Levitical priests, i.e., the priests of the tribe or family of Levi ( as in Deuteronomy 17:9, Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 18:1, etc.). But until its fall, the citizens of Jerusalem were trapped, suffocating in a city that was rapidly running out of food and water and even more rapidly acquiring sickness and disease. The first danger is reading the New Testament into the Old Testament in a way nullifies or negates the original text. A promise in prayer. A righteous Branch will spring up. Such is the object of this promise. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD ( Jeremiah 33:19-20 ); Now is God going to turn off Israel? We claim the Old Testament as well as the New as our Holy Scripture. Jeremiah 33:14-16 EXEGESIS: JEREMIAH 30-33. But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. God chose, but He's cast them off. The Hebrew word for saved is yasha . Five hundred years after God saved the Judeans from their Babylonian exile, a child would be born, and his parents would name him Yeshua, or Jesus, meaning God saves.. 1. These blessings come in their fulness only through Jesus Christ, the messianic Son of David, the Great High Priest (Matthew 22:42-44; Acts 13:33-34; Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 10:11-18). Happy New Year! Their nobles have sent their lads for water; Psalm 25:1-10 appears three times in the Revised Common Lectionary. forever: Yeshua, Jesus, God saves. 3. language. Jeremiah now shews why God had promised that there would be a quiet habitation for shepherds, so that no one would by force take away their flocks. However, its meaning sometimes is to establish, and sometimes to rouse, (90) so as to make that to appear which was before hidden. miah 33:14-16 Commentary on First Reading by Kathryn Schifferdecker. Jeremiah is not someone who looks at the world through rose-colored glasses. Imprisoned for angering the king by speaking Gods truth to royal power (Jeremiah 32:3-5), Jeremiah has been lamenting to the Lord that the city will fall, and that God will do nothing to help. What does Jeremiah 33:14-18 mean? Much of this chapter is challenged by the critics who point out that Jeremiah 33:14-26 are missing from the LXX, and that the apparent prophecies of the endless succession of a Davidic line of kings and a restoration and perpetual continuity of the Levitical priesthood with its countless sacrifices are totally contrary to other . There will come a time in the land of Judah when there shall once more be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride (33:10-11). Sermon Jeremiah 33:14-16 Time of Fulfillment The Rev. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land ( Jeremiah 33:12-15 ). And exactly what are those spiritual sacrifices? As a king that shall be praised by his subjects: "This is the name whereby they shall call him" (so the Chaldee reads it, the Syriac, and vulgar Latin); "this name of his they shall celebrate and triumph in, and by this name they shall call upon him." before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" F23; the These divine arrangements in nature are called a covenant; because God, after the flood, gave a pledge that they should uninterruptedly continue, in a covenant made with the human race; cf. 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