Jeremiah 8:4-9:1 No healing or peace when there is failure to return

Sunday 9th November 2025

Read: Luke 13:1-9, 19:41-48; Jeremiah 8:4-9:1

Sermon: Jeremiah 8:4-9:1

 

Introduction

Jeremiah and the Babylonian Exile

Jeremiah 8:4-12 No peace for those who fail to return
8:4-7 Judah’s failure to return is unnatural

8:8-9 the scribes turning Yhwh’s law into falsehood is shameful

8:10-12 the consequences of treating the wound of God’s people lightly

Jeremiah 8:13-17 Looking for healing but finding terror

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 lamenting for Jerusalem who refuses healing

Luke 13:1-9, 19:41-48 Weeping over fruitless Jerusalem