Saul Weinreb - Let the Prophets Speak

Jeremiah 11 - Covenants and Conspiracies

God reminds the people of the covenant He made with them when they were freed from Egypt.  It was a two way deal, and the people haven't held up their end of the bargain.  We also learn of the conspiracies of the people to murder the prophet Jeremiah. Easier to get rid of the messenger than to take heed of his painful message.

Jeremiah 10b - Be Angry With them! Not Me!

God's anger is imminent, the trouble is coming from babylon.  Please God don;t allow Your wrath to consume us.  Act with justice, and we deserve punishment, but we arent ALL bad.  Turn your wrath against those who are too arrogant to ever call out Your name. They cause indiscriminate suffering, God however acts with justice.

Jeremiah 10a - Who Created Who?

God tells the circumcized Jews that it is not the physical circumcision that matters, but the purity of heart. The prophet then ridicules the folly of those who create an idol and then worship it and invent narratives and philosophies that are meaningless.  The true God created us, not vice versa.  He is all powerful, and cannot be compared to anything else in the world.

Jeremiah 9 - What God Really Wants

The prophet describes a society so full of corruption that one cannot even trust his own family. Backstabbing and slander have become a way of life.  This God cannot stand for.  God makes it very clear what He wants; justice, kindess, righteousness. 

Jeremiah 8b - A Fountain of Tears

The prophet mourns over the destruction to come. The people are in despair, and the destruction decreed by God is inevitable.

Jeremiah 8a - Doubling Down

God asks us, "Don't people get up after they fall? Why can't my people change their ways after they made mistakes?"  The laws God gives are laws that are natural, a corrupt society will fail, just as birds know their seasons, My people should know how to behave.  So why do they persist and refuse to admit their mistakes?

Jeremiah 7b - Don't Pray to Me!

Prayer without any self improvement is disgusting to God. God tells us, "I am not interested in your prayers if you continue to live corrupt lives.  When I took you out of Egypt, it was to create a special bond of holiness between us, I wanted you to go in my ways and live holy lives. I was never interested in your sacrifices.  Take the meat and eat it youselves!"

Jeremiah 7a - The Temple Won't Save You

This is just a house, God says of the Temple. Don;t think you can come in here and pray and be saved from your sins if you don't make an effort to change your ways and live proper lives.  If you won't do justice for the less fortunate, don't come in here to pray.

Jeremiah 6b - The Silver that Cannot be Purified

You had so many ways to learn the right path, but you chose not to listen. God turns to the nations of the world, indeed to all of nature. Why am I punishing the people who "worship" Me? Because the worship of fancy incense and sacrifices is not the type of worship I want. If you can't get rid of your impurities, your talebearing and your dishonesty, then to Me you are like silver that cannot be purified. such people, I will reject.

Jeremiah 6a - You Have no Shame

The prophet is exhausted. No one listens, no one pays any attention.  Destruction is coming,  and the people continue to pretend that there is nothing wrong.  When people aren't even ashamed of their corrupt,  lying ways, there is no hope left for change.