Jeremiah 52:17-34
Reading of the ransacking of the house of the LORD and thinking of the Chaldeans breaking up and carrying away its beautiful and mighty pillars, we are filled with sadness when we think of what has become of Israel’s testimony to the nations. But how can this compare with the LORD’s feelings at the destruction of the house on which He had placed His name and at the downfall of Jerusalem! (1 Kings 9:6-9). In contrast, what value there is in the promises of the Lord to the overcomer at Philadelphia! "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the . . . new Jerusalem . . . and my new name" (Revelation 3:12). Dear friends, as we finish reading this book of Jeremiah, let us ask the Lord to make us an overcomer, namely to keep His Word and not to deny His name, until His return.
God does not allow the book to close on a sad note. The grace shown to Jehoiachin by Nebuchadnezzar’s successor (vv. 31-34) is a testimony to the care which the LORD never ceases to show to the feeble remnant of His people.