Jeremiah 25 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 25.

Meditate on and memorize these phrases from verse 30.

The LORD will roar from on high…

against all the inhabitants of the earth.

At this point in Jeremiah’s ministry, he had been preaching the Word of the LORD for 23 years.  It was 605 BC; the first wave of exiles was taken captive to Babylon.  Jeremiah had preached to the people again and again, and the LORD had sent other prophets to the people again and again, but they refused to listen or incline their ear to hear (Jeremiah 25:3-4).  God’s judgment came; the people were destroyed and made a horror.  God took from them the voice of joy and gladness because they refused to obey Him (Jeremiah 25:9-10).

God then had Jeremiah preach to all the nations.  God used calamity to punish Jerusalem; the other inhabitants of the earth would not be free from God’s punishment for disobedience.  Jeremiah’s sermon illustration was a cup of the wine of the wrath of God, which all the inhabitants on earth will be forced to drink for refusing to hear and heed the Word of the LORD (Jeremiah 25:15-29; Revelation 19:15).

Do not be deceived!  When God says He will roar “against all the inhabitants of the earth,” He is not jesting (Jeremiah 25:30).  Hear and heed the Word of the Lord:

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, evil is going forth from nation to nation,

 and a great storm is being stirred up from the remotest parts of the earth. 

Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other.  They will not be lamented, gathered, or buried;

 they will be like dung on the face of the ground.”

—Jeremiah 25:32-33

In light of current world events and God’s judgment, pray Jeremiah 25:5-6 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, ___________ and I turn from our evil way and from the evil of our deeds. 

We want to dwell with You in Your land forever and ever. 

We will stop going after other gods to serve and worship them.

 We do not want to provoke You to anger with the work of our hands. 

LORD, do not do us harm.

Because of Your salvation, Jesus~”