0 Jeremiah : Interpretation

I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 6:11

Trivia: Whose bowels were troubled by Ephraim?

Jeremiah : Interpretation (9)

  1. Christians often cite this verse as biblical proof that a fetus is a person. Their rationale is if God knows us in the womb, then fetuses are people, too. Of course, they often overlook the verses that illustrate God's willingness to kill both the born and unborn. 1:5
  2. The people of Israel and Judah finally look behind the curtain and see that there is no god and the prophets are liars. 5:12-13
  3. "Ask for the old paths"
    To see how to become such "an old kind of Christian" go to Little Geneva. 6:16
  4. "Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven."
    Does the Bible condemn astrology? 10:2
  5. "The way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." (Humans lack free will.) 10:23
  6. Jeremiah's loincloth 13:1-11
  7. "Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work."
    Does God approve of slavery? 22:13
  8. What was Sodom's sin? 23:14
  9. Is it OK to drink alcohol? 35:14

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