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Ulrich Luz notes that the idea of the gates of heaven was in existence at the time of Jesus, and this verse may be a reference to that notion. [3] The metaphor of God providing two ways, one good and one evil, was a common one in the Jewish literature of the period. It appears in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 30:19 and Jeremiah 21:8.
Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book, one of the Nevi'im or Books of the Prophets, contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. This chapter serves as an introduction to the Book of Jeremiah and relates Jeremiah's calling as a prophet ...
Jeremiah was guided by God to proclaim that the nation of Judah would suffer famine, foreign conquest, plunder, and captivity in a land of strangers. [19] Horace Vernet, Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem (1844) According to Jeremiah 1:2–3, Yahweh called Jeremiah to prophesy in about 626 BC, [14] about five years before Josiah's famous ...
Elah is found in the Tanakh in the books of Ezra, Jeremiah (Jeremiah 10:11, [68] the only verse in the entire book written in Aramaic), [69] and Daniel. Elah is used to describe both pagan gods and the Abrahamic God. Elah Yisrael, God of Israel (Ezra 5:1) Elah Yerushelem, God of Jerusalem (Ezra 7:19) Elah Shemaya, God of Heaven (Ezra 7:23)
Jeremiah visits the potter, 18:1-23; Jeremiah takes a potter's clay jar and some of the elders to the valley of Ben-hinnon, 19:1-15; Pashur, the chief officer in the house of the LORD, beats Jeremiah and puts him in stocks. Jeremiah's complains to God. 20:1-18; Zedekiah, Pashur, and Zephaniah ask Jeremiah if there is a positive message from the ...
Jeremiah 16:1–9: The shunning of the expected customs of marriage, mourning, and general celebration. [37] Jeremiah 19:1–13: the acquisition of a clay jug and the breaking of the jug in front of the religious leaders of Jerusalem. [38] Jeremiah 27 –28: The wearing of an oxen yoke and its subsequent breaking by a false prophet, Hananiah.
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens: "And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries." [19] Cross reference: Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah reminded the people that God has control of nature and their ongoing life.
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies (Gustave Doré) According to the text of the letter, the author is the biblical prophet Jeremiah. The biblical Book of Jeremiah itself contains the words of a letter sent by Jeremiah "from Jerusalem" to the "captives" in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:1–23). The Letter of Jeremiah portrays itself as a similar piece ...