Jeremiah 34 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 34.

Meditate on and memorize verses 15b and 16a.

You had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. 

Yet you turned and profaned My name…

King Zedekiah, his officials, and some of the people made a covenant to free the Hebrew servants.  They cut a calf in half and passed between the pieces.  Vows were made saying if they did not keep the promises, may what happened to the animal or worse happen to them.  They freed the servants as promised but then took them back. They decided they wanted their servants more than they wanted to keep their covenant vows.

God was mad!  He promised because of their broken covenant, worse would happen to them—their dead bodies would become bird and animal food (Jeremiah 34:17-20).

Do not think for a moment that God takes cutting covenant lightly.  When a married couple says, “I promise to love, honor, and cherish you until death,” what is ringing in the ears of Almighty God is, “If I do not love, honor, and cherish you, may what happened to this sacrificed animal or worse happen to me.”  Covenants are made to NEVER be broken.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use Jeremiah 34:14-16 to pray for yourself and those you love to keep your covenant promises.

“LORD, let ________ and me obey You and incline our ear to You.

Help us turn and do what is right in Your sight.

Let us keep the covenants we have made before You;

do not let us turn from those covenants and profane Your name.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

(I wrote a book about covenant called The Covenant Maker: Knowing God and His Promises for Salvation and Marriage.  It is available on Amazon.com and marshaharvell.com if you want to read more on this subject.)