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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Jeremiah 22:1-12
At the LORD’s command, Jeremiah is just as ready to go to the royal palace as to the potter’s humble house. His task is again difficult, for he must personally warn and challenge the king of Judah himself. To witness before a superior is a particularly difficult exercise for a young believer. But if he relies on the Lord, he will always be strengthened and blessed in the doing of it (read Acts 26:22).
Earlier on, God had promised David that if his descendants took heed to their ways, to walk before Him in truth with all their hearts, there would not lack a man among them on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 2:4). Alas! neither Shallum (Jehoahaz, see 2 Kings 23:31-32) nor his brothers Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, nor yet Coniah (Jehoiachin) fulfilled this condition. Therefore they were the last four kings of the house of David before the carrying away of the people. In these ch. 21, 22, each of them is condemned by name for his own faults. None of them could say that he was suffering the consequences of the sins of his predecessors (cf. Jeremiah 31:29). Moreover none could say he had not been warned, for the ministry of the prophet extended throughout each of these reigns (Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:11; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:24).
