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Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace: Disaster from the North and a Prophet's Grief | Jeremiah 4–6
Episode Overview
What happens when the warning is clear and no one listens? Today we read Jeremiah chapters 4 through 6, where an invading army gathers in the north and Jeremiah sounds the alarm for a people who broke covenant, chased idols, and exploited the vulnerable. The urgency is relentless, but so is the mercy inside it—wash the evil from your heart, and be saved. The door stands open the whole time.
Jeremiah's own anguish runs through the reading. He is not a prophet who enjoys announcing judgment; he grieves his people's stubbornness even while proclaiming what is coming. As…
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