The Book of Jeremiah (Josiah Reign 627-609 BC) - A Prophet's Cry to His People & Call to Repentance

Shalom friends, My name is Chadwick Harvey. Thank you so much for joining us tonight as we open up a series on the book of Jeremiah, a four-part series that we'll be going through the entire book by the order of the kings. I believe that's the best way to read it chronologically because it's not written in chronological form. So, we have to look at it from the reign of the kings. Tonight, we'll go through King Josiah's reign. In the next video, we'll go through King Jehoiakim. Then, in the third video, we'll go through King Zedekiah. And the fourth video will cover the Day of the Lord scriptures in Jeremiah 46-52, proving they are Day of the Lord scriptures, even though they happened in history as well.

I believe the book of Jeremiah is very important, like the rest of the biblical prophets, to understand the times we are living in. When we look at the promised land, the trajectory of what's going down in the Middle East, and understand the prophetic timeline we are on at the end of the age, Jeremiah has many end-time prophecies, like the time of Jacob's trouble in Jeremiah 30 and the new covenant in Jeremiah 31. He received much revelation that we can understand. Jeremiah 16 and 23 also contain end-of-age scriptures. We can gain a great glimpse of understanding and also help our Jewish and Israeli friends understand that Jeremiah would be saying the same thing today that he said to their ancestors. The same things are happening in the promised land today. Moses would say the same thing today. Elijah would say the same thing today. And the two witnesses will say the same thing they said when they were on earth before.

The book of Jeremiah is historical but also prophetic. It bleeds into end-of-age prophecies. We must read it carefully to understand the history and then the second coming events.

We are currently in the dire straits according to the biblical calendar: the three weeks of sorrow, from Tammuz 17th to the ninth day of Av. These two days became cursed days because bad things happened in history to the Jewish people due to their actions, like the golden calf incident on Tammuz 17th. The bad report intensified on the ninth day of Av. Both Temples were destroyed on the ninth day of Av, as was the city of Jerusalem, by the Babylonians and Romans. Yahweh wants us to remember and understand what happened to the people, their apostasy, and their idols. He wants us to remember because our temples could be destroyed as well.

Ultimately, for the Jewish people and Israelis, they need to understand what the Jewish prophets said because they are seeing these warnings come to fulfillment, like the fishermen and hunters, and the time of Jacob's trouble. Thus, we need to understand what this man was told by God to tell the people: to repent and come back to Him. That is the ultimate theme of the book of Jeremiah: repentance. This is for Jews, Christians, and all mankind, because of what this world is going through and what we are about to go through. Nothing is going to stop it; it's only going to escalate into further prophecies of the end of the age.

Many people dislike reading the book of Jeremiah because of what the prophet said. People say they love the biblical prophets until they read what they actually said from God, then they don't like them, or they call it legalism, or say it's in the past. Jeremiah would disagree with that based on the scriptures. His prophecies are for the end of the age, including the time of Jacob's trouble.

To set up the book of Jeremiah, we must understand that he dealt with the same things occurring today in the land. Jeremiah would say the same things today that he told the ancestors, that God told him to say. We should approach this with the heart posture of God and the prophet Jeremiah, who loved God and loved the people.

It's tough stuff what they were told to tell the people, but if we don't understand these tough things, we will fall into the same rebellion as the ancestors. Unfortunately, that's what we're seeing in the promised land today. On this channel, I stand with Israel and love the Jewish people, and I will stand with them through the end. While standing with them, we should share the truth with them as much as we can with our spiritual gifts, which is about repentance. It's all about love, and Jeremiah was about that as well. Unfortunately, the people were not about that towards him, Isaiah, or the other prophets; they were against the prophets.

We must understand that we will run into the same understanding because Yeshua said in Matthew 24 that they will take you to the courts and synagogues, and they will persecute Jewish believers. The government and the hierarchy of the Jewish people will persecute Jewish believers. That's why we need to be more balanced with political Israel and the believers of the Jewish people there, because they will be persecuted, just like Jeremiah, John, Peter, Paul, Stephen, and others. We must stand with our brothers and sisters there. We root for the Israeli government, but we must support our brothers and sisters, the Jewish believers who love Yeshua and are trying to stand up for the truth.

In Jeremiah's day, King Josiah was a righteous king. He did many reforms, wanting the people to repent and tear down idolatry. He wanted to reform Israel back to the Torah, back to God's commandments. Josiah was a righteous king, but unfortunately, the people didn't get the memo; their hearts were not circumcised to what Josiah was trying to do. After a righteous king tries to get the people to repent, and they refuse, then come the prophets, and what the prophets ordain, God will do. That's what the book of Jeremiah is about.

Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet for a reason: he loved God, he loved the land, he loved the commandments, and he loved his people. This is his cry to the Jewish people, his cry to the Israelis of today, and a call to repentance. Jeremiah, the Jewish prophet, is saying the same thing today as he did back then with the ancestors before Nebuchadnezzar came to town. We must accept what this man says, not be offended by it, but repent and come to the Lord, because you will see the great attributes of the Most High in the book of Jeremiah. After Jeremiah and all the other prophets warned the people for 23 years to repent, his ministry was about 40 years, but about 23 years before Jerusalem was destroyed, he was warning them to repent and come back, and they said no. And you saw what happened.

We all know as Christians what happens at the end of the age: the time of Jacob's trouble, which Jeremiah wrote about in Jeremiah 30. The bottom line is, we will see these things happen with the biblical prophets. Daniel speaks of four kingdoms; Jeremiah speaks of Jeremiah 30, Isaiah 28 speaks of the covenant with death, which will be annulled, and the time of Jacob's trouble, but he will be saved out of it. Our Israeli friends believe it's redemption time, but it's the time of trouble, or about to be the time of Jacob's trouble, and then the Messiah will show up, not until then. We must repent and get back to Yeshua, calling on Him, because that's why bad things are happening in the promised land and with the enemies of the people: we are not in obedience. Obedience is the best way to put the enemies aside. Repentance. Please read what the Torah says: if we repent, enemies go away. If we disobey, He will bring the enemies against us. It's very simple and clear, what God told Moses about the promised land and the people in the land.

This is a very serious conversation, and the book of Jeremiah is a very serious book, as is the Torah, Isaiah, Yeshua, and John. It's all very serious. We need to get a little more serious about these things instead of thinking everything's going to be okay. Nothing is okay right now when you look at the Middle East; it's out of alignment, just like it was before Nebuchadnezzar came to town. We have to realize where we are. Everything repeats itself. History repeats itself. It rhymes, for sure. Jeremiah's book, while reading history, bleeds into the future, prophecy for the Day of the Lord. If God told the people that then, He would tell all of us that now. He does not change. Since we do the laws that He put in that land, whoever is in that land, if they don't obey, it's not going to be good. Throughout history, look at the scriptures for yourself. What Moses told the people in Deuteronomy 28-30, what we read with Jeremiah and all the great prophets did, not because they hated them, but because they loved God, they loved the land, they loved the commandments, and they loved the people. But the people have to get circumcised in the heart, Ezekiel 36. Times are getting nigh, and everyone wonders why they're not getting any victories. It's because of disobedience. We've watched this for years, and there are no victories against the enemies. It's not political; it's spiritual. It's a heart posture. Everyone can blame whoever they want for why Israel hasn't gotten victories, but it's their attitudes, their behavior, their heart posture towards the Torah, towards the commandments, towards the land. The land is desecrated. We have all these things going on that are not cool according to Moses. You can't have homosexual parties in Sodom and Gomorrah and think everything's going to be okay and you'll get the victory. You can't have abominations everywhere, mosques, Christmas trees, Easter eggs, come in every religion, and expect to have victories.

I listen to a lot of rabbis and sages, and I learn a lot from them. At the same time, I don't see the call to repentance from Israeli leadership, the government, or anyone. It's all about our power, our work of our hands, and doing it with our idol, America. I don't see anyone saying, "Let's repent, and we will get the victory." Look at what Jehoshaphat did; he repented and fasted, and God gave the victory. They didn't have to fight. Hezekiah, same thing. Once we get back to that heart posture, Israelis, including myself, once we get back to it and observe the commandments and repent, you will see the greatest victory by the Jewish Messiah, and He will clean up all these people. Whoever you think your enemy is, it's going to be Jews, Christians, Muslims, and everybody will get the sword if they are not Yeshua, Holy Spirit, and doing their best to follow God's ancient ways.

We are in the same position as the prophet Jeremiah, Isaiah, Haggai, Habakkuk, and all the great prophets. We are seeing the same things. You are a kingdom of priests and a holy nation if you believe in Yeshua, the commandments, and the Holy Spirit. We must do our part to help our Jewish and Israeli friends wake up and understand what time it is. Out of love, because of what's coming on this earth. We all see it. We see anti-Semitism higher than it's ever been. In the United States, there have never been poll numbers like this against the Jewish people. 60 to 65% are unfavorable to Israel. We must understand this. It's not anything but love to everybody, but we must love God as well. We see everyone taking sides, but we must love God, His commandments, and all people. We must tell all people, including the Jewish people and Israelis, to wake up because the same things will happen again due to rebellion and disobedience.

Let's look at the great prophet Jeremiah. We all know the overall story. Some of this will be redundant, but let's just read what he says. We'll go through about 15 chapters tonight, not spending a lot of time on them, but just reading what he says and what God told him to say. It should stir us all up for righteousness, justice, and holiness, to be set apart. And to do our part to wake up our Jewish and Israeli friends. Paul says in Romans 1, "To the Jew first and then to the Gentile." Don't take that wrong, Gentiles. It just means don't forget about the Jewish people. So many Christians don't want to put their neck out on the line to tell the Jewish people the truth because they want to be part of political Israel. For all of us who love God, Yeshua, His commandments, the people, and the land, we must do our part, just like these prophets did. That's not saying we're anything like them, but let's do our part and prophesy through them, letting them know that the Jewish prophets are against what's going down over there. That's what Jeremiah would say today.

Let's understand what's going down in the land. God told Jeremiah to tell the people that Nebuchadnezzar was going to come and judge the people and the entire Middle East. We'll read about 15 chapters, then have a summary, and then keep reading to understand Jeremiah's cry to his people and his call to repentance from the reign of Josiah.

King Josiah was a righteous king. In Jeremiah 46, we'll read where he was killed by Pharaoh Neco. This is a prophet's cry, Jeremiah's cry to his people today, the Jewish people, the Israelis, and a call to repentance: to turn to Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, and then you will be in the kingdom. This will be through the book of Jeremiah, Josiah's reign, from 627 to 609 BC. Daniel was taken captive in 606-605 BC, right after Jeremiah warned the people during Josiah's reign. Then came captivity, exile, and the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Ezekiel was in the second or third exile, Daniel in the first.

The main chapters we'll read tonight are Jeremiah 1-6, 7, 9, 11-12, and 14-19. This is a summary, an overall understanding of the call to repentance and what was going on in the promised land then, and what's going on today. All love, no condemnation, just what the prophet said. We need to repent. If we don't repent, bad things will keep coming.

In the introduction, Yahweh raises up Jeremiah during Josiah's reforms to expose that Judah's problem is deeper than outward religion. The people may have the temple, priesthood, and reforms, but their hearts are far from Yah. Josiah reformed the nation outwardly, but Jeremiah revealed that Judah still needed inward repentance. Jeremiah was called before the fall of Jerusalem and the exile. He ministered during one of Judah's darkest periods, witnessing the nation's spiritual decline, King Josiah's reforms and their rejection after his death, enduring persecution under later kings, and ultimately living through the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Jeremiah was a priest by birth and a prophet by divine calling to Israel and the nations.

This is an incredible anointing. He had a priestly and a prophetic anointing. God raised this man up to be powerful. He was a priest, a holy priest, and a prophet by divine calling to Israel and the nations. Please remember the nations. He prophesied not only to the Jewish people but also to the nations of the biblical world, meaning Genesis 10, the table of nations. In Jeremiah 46-52, you'll see Edom, Lydia, Assyria, Egypt, etc., not Russia, America, or China. We must understand the table of nations in Genesis 10. If not, we will be misled when reading biblical prophets, picking and choosing who we want. This is about Israel's worst enemies from 6,000 years ago, not Russia, China, or those people. It's about the Islamists, the brothers, the family who wants the deed to the land. It's clear if people are paying attention. Europe could care less. It's a Middle Eastern family affair of hatred, obvious when we look at the Middle East today.

Jeremiah was a prophet to Israel and the surrounding nations in the biblical world of Genesis 10. He was a priest by birth, a prophet by divine calling to Israel and the nations. He was the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in the land of Benjamin, from Anathoth, a priestly town northeast of Jerusalem. He was called while still a young man, set apart before his birth by God. His ministry lasted approximately 40 years. He is often called the weeping prophet because of his grief over Judah's rebellion, though scripture doesn't use that title. His ministry spanned the reigns of Josiah, Jehoahaz (three months), Jehoiakim (11 years), Jehoiachin (three months), and Zedekiah. Josiah was righteous; the rest were evil.

Jeremiah's purpose was not simply to prophesy about the future but to call Judah back to covenant faithfulness before judgment came. A key theme is found in Jeremiah 1:10: "See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out, to pull down, to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant." Notice the order: judgment comes first, then restoration. This is the framework for the entire prophecy.

Let's look at Jeremiah chapter 1. We'll read through it and get a summary of the call to repentance.

Jeremiah 1:1: "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign." The number 13 means rebellion in biblical numerology, not for King Josiah, but for the people. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. The number 11 means disorganization. These are not good numbers biblically. Thirteen means rebellion. Ishmael was 13 when circumcised and rebellious. Eleven means disorganization. Even through the numbers, you can see Judah's state.

Jeremiah 1:4-10: "The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, Jeremiah. Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.' Then I said, 'Oh, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.' But the Lord said to me, 'Do not say, "I am a youth," for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,' says the Lord. Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out, to pull down, to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant.'"

A quick note: Look at what he did. He was anointed by God, like Isaiah when the coal touched his lips in Isaiah 6. Jeremiah had the same thing. The Lord put forth His hand and touched his mouth, saying, "Behold, Jeremiah, I have put My words in your mouth." Every word we read in Jeremiah comes from God. When he talks this hardcore language, know that it's one of His attributes. When He's had enough, this kind of language comes out of the Most High because Jeremiah was speaking for the Lord, "Thus says the Lord." Everything out of Jeremiah's mouth, except his plea to God during bad situations, was from God. When he told the people they were acting like harlots, that's what God told him to say. When they were whoring after Egypt's weapons, that's what he told them to say. We must not be offended by this. We must get our hearts circumcised to understand that God is serious about the land, His people, Jew and Gentile, and wants them to observe, especially when in the promised land.

Jeremiah 1:11-19: "Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Jeremiah, what do you see?' And I said, 'I see a branch of an almond tree.' Then the Lord said to me, 'You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.' Then the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, 'What do you see?' And I said, 'I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north.' Then the Lord said to me, 'Out of the north calamity shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. For behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,' says the Lord. 'They shall come and each one set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah. I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me; they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the work of their own hands. Therefore, prepare yourself; arise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, lest I dismay you before them. For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the entire land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you,' says the Lord, 'to deliver you.'"

That is very powerful. Jeremiah chapter 1. We are all familiar with it because of what it says about the womb. He was known before the womb. But look at what he says. Jeremiah was a young man, not 50 years old, maybe 18-20. What he said was very hardcore. "Speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, or I will dismay you before them." Think about that. Everyone wants to be a prophet, right? Read what Jeremiah had to do. "For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, a bronze wall against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, not for them, against them, against his princes, against them, against his priests, and against the people of the land. They will fight against you, Jeremiah, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you to deliver you." We will find that deliverance in chapter 39, which is beautiful.

Jeremiah begins during the 13th year of King Josiah's reign, meaning rebellion, not for King Josiah, but for the people. His calling came while Judah still had an opportunity to repent before Nebuchadnezzar became God's instrument of judgment. The nation outwardly still possessed the temple, priesthood, sacrifices, and the Davidic throne, yet inwardly was out of alignment with the God of Israel.

Jeremiah's Divine Calling: Perhaps the most famous verses are, "Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you." God reveals four actions: I knew you, I sanctified you, I ordained you, and I sent you. Paul says something similar in Romans 8 about being predestined, called, chosen, etc. This teaches that Jeremiah's ministry was established before his birth by Yahweh alone.

Jeremiah's Objection: Jeremiah answers, "Oh Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." Like Moses, Gideon, and others, Jeremiah felt inadequate for God's anointing and calling. God never argues with Jeremiah's weakness; instead, He promises His own presence: "Be not afraid, for I am with you to deliver you." God touches Jeremiah's mouth, paralleling Moses, Isaiah, and Ezekiel. The prophet does not merely speak about God; Yahweh puts His own words into Jeremiah's mouth. This becomes a defining theme throughout the book.

The Six-Fold Commission: Jeremiah 1:10 summarizes the entire prophecy with six verbs: to root out, to pull down, to destroy, to throw down, to build, and to plant. The first four involve judgment; the last two involve restoration. This reflects the pattern of the book of Jeremiah.

The Vision of the Almond Rod: The Hebrew word for almond is "shaqed," which sounds like the word meaning "watching." God is saying, "I am watching over My word to perform it." The almond tree blossoms first each year, so it's amazing Jeremiah saw it first. God's word is the first thing moving history toward its prophetic fulfillment.

The Vision of the Boiling Pot: The boiling pot tilts from the north. Judgment is coming. Although Babylon was geographically east of Judah, invading armies approached from the north through the Fertile Crescent. This vision introduces the Babylonian Empire before it's explicitly named later in the book.

If you are familiar with the Middle East, this is the biblical world of Genesis 10, from Turkey to Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Arabia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Babylon, modern-day Iraq, was about 45 miles south of Baghdad. Babylon was to the east of Israel. But they would come through the Euphrates. Remember Revelation, the Euphrates is dried up. So all these people—Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria—will get together and go along the river, then down through Syria, from the north. It always comes down from the north. That's what will happen at the end of the age. Read Daniel 8; the little horn comes down from the north to Jerusalem. That's why he's called the king of the north. We must put this together prophetically, not just historically. Babylon was to the east, but invading armies approach from the north through the Fertile Crescent and the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah's Encouragement: God promises Jeremiah opposition from kings, princes, priests, and the people. Yet God also promises, "They shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you." This promise sustained Jeremiah through decades of rejection and persecution.

Key Verses from Jeremiah 1:

* God's foreknowledge and calling: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."

* "Be not afraid, for I am with you."

* "I have put My words in your mouth."

* Jeremiah 1:10: The six-fold commission.

* Jeremiah 1:12: "I will hasten My word to perform it."

* "Prevail against Jeremiah." You will see this in Jeremiah chapter 39.

Major Takeaways from Jeremiah 1:

* God prepares His servants before they know Him.

* Divine calling is greater than human ability.

* God's word (Torah), not Jeremiah's personality, is the source of prophetic authority.

* Judgment is never God's final purpose; restoration follows repentance.

* God's promises sustain His servants even when nearly everyone opposes the prophets.

Now, let's look at Jeremiah chapter 2, still during King Josiah's reign. This is Judah's spiritual adultery, Yahweh's case against Israel.

Jeremiah 2:1-3: "Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: "I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothal, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holiness to the Lord, the firstfruits of His increase. All that devour Him shall offend; disaster shall come upon them," says the Lord. Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.'"

Jeremiah 2:5-13: "'Thus says the Lord: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, have followed idols, and have become idolaters? Neither did they say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of desert and pits, through a land of drought and the shadow of death, through a land that no one crossed and where no one dwelt'? I brought you into a beautiful country to eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination." The priests did not say, "Where is the Lord?" And those who handled the Torah did not know Me; the rulers also transgressed against Me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit. Therefore, I will yet bring charges against you," says the Lord, "and against your children's children I will bring charges. For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, and send to Kedar and consider diligently, and see if there has ever been such a thing: Has a nation changed its gods, which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory for what does not profit. Be astonished, O heavens, at this! And be horribly afraid; be very desolate," says the Lord. "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.'"

Jeremiah 2:14-19: "'Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered? The young lions roared at him and growled; they made his land waste; his cities are burned without inhabitant. Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. Have you not brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the Lord your God when He led you in the way? And now, why take the road to Egypt to drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria to drink the waters of the river? Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Now, therefore, consider and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you," says the Lord of Hosts. "For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds, and you said, 'I will not transgress!' When on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down playing the harlot. Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me into the degenerate plant of an alien vine? For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord God. "How can you say, 'I am not polluted? I have not gone after Baalim'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways, a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs at the wind in her desire. In her time of mating, who can turn her away? All who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they will find her. Withhold your foot from being unshod, from thirst. But you said, 'There is no hope! No, for I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.' As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, saying to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You have given birth to me.' For they have turned their back to Me and not their face. But in the midst of their trouble, they will also say, 'Arise and save us!' But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of trouble. For according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me," says the Lord. "In vain I have chastened your children; they received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion. O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are lords; we will come no more to You'? Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number. Why do you beautify your way to seek love? Therefore, you also taught the wicked women your ways. Also, on your skirts has been found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, but plainly on all these things. Yet you say, 'Because I am innocent, surely His anger shall turn from me.' Behold, I will plead My case against you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.' Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also, you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria. Indeed, you will go forth from him with your hands on your head; bondage, captivity. For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies, and you will not prosper by them."

This is as serious as it gets. They were going to Egypt and Assyria for military assistance and protection. Jeremiah said they would not do them any good. God raised up Nebuchadnezzar, who beat Assyria and Egypt simultaneously to get rid of Israel's idols so they would turn to Him. Prophetically, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. If He didn't want the Jewish people to go to Egypt or Assyria then for foreign military assistance, He doesn't want them to come to America for it now. That's why you see America and Israel struggling tremendously with the Islamists because they are not in favor. They need to be calling on Yeshua, not America. Jeremiah 2 calls them out of that. Isaiah 4 and 5 call them out of that. Moses, of course, calls them out of that.

Israel and America are in the wrong because Israel is coming to America. Benjamin Netanyahu has been to America many times, asking for money and weapons. God does not want that. Jeremiah 2 calls that out. Isaiah 30 and 31, especially 31, say, "You and your lover will be judged." Look at what's happening in the Middle East. My American and Israeli friends, it's time to lower our pride, ego, and military might, because we haven't been able to get it done in 25 years. We haven't gotten one victory except causing anti-Semitism worldwide through the behavior of the Israeli and American governments. Jeremiah 2, Isaiah 30-31, Moses, and Yeshua would say that. Why aren't we saying that to the Jewish people and Israelis to wake up, because we will be judged as well?

American taxpayers have spent $10 trillion over 25 years in the Middle East. Show me one victory. You can't, because there are no victories when Israel keeps calling on America. They must call on Yeshua, because He will take America out of the way, which He is doing. Look at Iran and the Middle East. America will be out, and He will deal with the Middle East, including Israel and Judah, just like Nebuchadnezzar did.

Jeremiah is a prophet, not a historian. He is a prophet for the end of the age to Israel and the nations. Everybody will get the gavel because of the behavior of the Middle East and North Africa. Look at the violence. People won't like the message Jeremiah taught, nor will they like those who say it. America and Israel are out of alignment. If they weren't, we wouldn't be struggling for 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Houthis. Show me a victory. There is none. We must be honest with ourselves and throw down this American and Israeli pride and military might. We are not as powerful as we used to be. The US Navy got ran out by the Houthis. Look at Iran. We thought we'd have our way, but they're still firing missiles. You are fighting against biblical prophecy. You will not defeat the Islamists until Yeshua returns, and that happens when they repent. They must call on Yeshua. There will be no victories until they call on the Jewish Messiah. Moses would tell them that. All prophets would say that. Yeshua certainly would in Acts 1:6-7: "When will You, Yeshua, restore the kingdom to Israel?" Not the Israeli government, not Benjamin Netanyahu. If He's going to restore the kingdom, do you think He'll give them victory by doing "greater Israel" right now when they're out of alignment, with homosexual parties and abominations everywhere, and no belief in Yeshua as a nation? No, they will not get the victory. As soon as we wake up and realize we're wasting bombs, money, and innocent lives—look what he says about innocent lives in verse 34: "Also on your skirts, Israel, is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents." "Behold, I will plead My case against you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.' Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also, you shall be ashamed of Egypt (America) as you were ashamed of Assyria. Indeed, you will go forth from him with your hands on your head in bondage." The Lord has rejected your trusted allies, America, and you will not prosper by them.

We must get out of all American and Israeli idolatry and go to the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. He's the only one who can do this. He's going to let them do the work of their own hands until they fight their hearts out, but they will not win. He will win when they come to the end of themselves and the end of America as well, because "you and your lover will be judged," Israel. America is the idol. He is taking America out of the way and will continue to do so to deal with His people and the Middle East, just like Nebuchadnezzar did.

Summary of Jeremiah 2: Israel has forsaken her first love. God remembers Israel's early devotion. But now Judah has forsaken Him. Main accusation: "They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters" (Yeshua). They have "hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water." Read Exodus 15, Psalm 118, Isaiah 12, and John 7 to understand who the fountain of living waters is: Yeshua the Messiah.

We must get real. It's the end of the age. Look at the Middle East. Look at Daniel. Are we going to get real, or keep pacifying everyone, thinking "Iran with the Jews and Christians"? No. Jews and Christians need to wake up and understand it's coming for us, the household of God first. Everyone knows that. So, we need to look at ourselves. It's not about the enemies. Moses says that over and over. Israel, if you obey, enjoy the land. Your enemies will be at bay. If you disobey, God will bring the enemies against you. Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, you name it. People can't digest that because their love gets in the way of the truth. Circumcise our hearts for the truth and understand what Yeshua said about this. He warned them over and over about knowing the time of visitations, understanding these things, and turning to Him, the Jewish Messiah. That has not happened. It's been 78 years in the land. It's time. They will be forced to. There will be no victories until they understand this. This is the trajectory of Daniel and all the great prophets.

Main accusation in Jeremiah 2: "They have forsaken Me, Yeshua, the fountain of living waters." They have always rejected that, and it will come to an end with the last generation.

Major Points of Jeremiah 2:

* Judah traded living water for broken cisterns.

* They abandoned God and trusted idols: Egypt, Assyria, and today, America, Europe, etc. Who can support us except Yeshua?

* Foreign alliances and false security. This is where we are. The Israeli government has no clue; they're going after foreign alliances. God is not impressed. He wants them to come to Him, not to politicians. How has that gone for America and Israel over the last 25 years? $10-12 trillion in war and $40 trillion in debt. The Torah says it's a dead nation, a cursed nation. Welcome to what God's word says about a nation out of alignment. Israel and America are out of alignment. If they weren't, we wouldn't be struggling for 25 years. There are no victories. The Islamists are not going to be defeated until Yeshua returns.

Jeremiah 3: A Return of Backsliding Israel.

Jeremiah 3:1: "'They say, "If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, may he return to her again?" Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah is calling the people to return because they played the harlot with many lovers: Egypt, Assyria, and prophetically today, America, Europe, and other gentile nations. Yahweh says, "Return to Me."

Jeremiah 3:2-5: "'Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the roadside you have sat for them like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withheld, famine, and there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot's forehead; you refuse to be ashamed. Will you not from this time cry to Me, "My Father, You are the God of my youth"? Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you were able."

Jeremiah 3:6-11: "The Lord also said to me in the days of Josiah the king, 'Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the whore. And I said, after she had done all these things, "Return to Me," but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with wood and stone. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,' says the Lord. Then the Lord said to me, 'Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say, "Return, backsliding Israel," says the Lord; "I will not cause My anger to fall on you, for I am merciful," says the Lord; "I will not remain angry forever. Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the Lord your God, and have scattered your charms among alien deities under every green tree, and you have not obeyed My voice." (What is His voice? The Torah.) "Return, O backsliding Israel," says the Lord; "for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding."'"

The Lord is pleading with the people through Jeremiah: "Please repent. Please repent." He is saying that today to the Jewish people: "Please repent and come to Yeshua." Jeremiah shifts to the end of the age in Messiah's second coming and the millennial kingdom. This is where he starts to bleed into prophecies, and we must recognize and realize it.

Jeremiah 3:16-18: "'Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,' says the Lord, 'that they will say no more, "The ark of the covenant of the Lord." It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore. At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord.' When is that time? The Day of the Lord, Yeshua. 'And all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.' Again, that has never happened. That will happen at Yeshua's return. 'In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given them as an inheritance to your fathers.' (The Abrahamic covenant.) 'But I said, "How can I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a beautiful heritage of the host of nations?" And I said, "You shall call Me Father, and not turn away from Me." Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah 3:21-25: "'A voice was heard on the desolate heights, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel, for they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God. "Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings." "Indeed, we do come to You, for You are the Lord our God. Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitudes of the mountains; truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel." For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. We lie down in our shame, and our reproach covers us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, and we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.'"

The same thing is going on today. Summary of Jeremiah 3: God calls an unfaithful people to return in His mercy, loving-kindness, and grace. Judah is compared to an unfaithful wife. Yet God still says, "Return, backsliding Israel, and I will return to you." Major points: Israel and Judah both committed spiritual adultery, but Judah was worse because she saw Israel judged by the Assyrian Empire and still did not repent. Even when covenant has been violated, God still offers mercy, grace, and love until it's done. Jeremiah is severe, but never without hope. God still offers mercy, grace, and love during the apostasy of a nation or an individual. But we must repent. It's both ways.

Jeremiah 4: The Ancient Paths Rejected and Impending Judgment from the North.

Jeremiah 4:1-4: "'If you return, O Israel,' says the Lord, 'return to Me; and if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, then you shall not be moved. And you shall swear, "The Lord lives" in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory. For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskin of your hearts, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest My fury come forth like fire and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings."'"

Jeremiah 4:5-10: "'Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; cry, gather together, and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.' Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay! For I will bring disaster from the north, and great destruction." The lion has come up from the thicket, and the destroyer of nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate, your cities to be laid waste without inhabitant. For this, clothe yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us. 'And it shall come to pass in that day,' says the Lord, 'that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.' Then I said, 'Oh, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, "You shall have peace," whereas the sword reaches to the heart.'"

Jeremiah 4:11-14: "'At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse— a wind too strong for these will come for Me; now I will also speak judgment against them. Behold, he [Nebuchadnezzar] shall come up like clouds, and his chariots like a whirlwind, his horses swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered! O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim. Make mention to the nations, yes, proclaim against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country and raise their voice against the cities of Judah, against the cities of Jerusalem, Judah. Like keepers of a field, they are against her all around because she has been rebellious against Me,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah 4:19-22: "'Oh, my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me. I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried, for the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, and my curtains in a moment. How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? For My people are foolish, for they have not known Me. They are silly children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.'"

Jeremiah 4:23-28: "'I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form and void; and the heavens, they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. I beheld, and indeed there were no men, and all the birds of the heavens had fled. I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the Lord, by His fierce anger. For thus says the Lord: "The whole land shall be desolate; you yet I will not make a full end. For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not relent, nor will I turn back from it. The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, and not a man shall dwell in it. And when you are plundered, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain you will make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you; they will seek your life.'"

Jeremiah 4:30-31: "'And when you are plundered, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain you will make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you; they will seek your life. For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, of anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself, she spreads her hands, saying, "Woe is me now, for my soul is weary because of murderers!"'"

This is very serious stuff, just like the first three chapters. This is why people don't like to read the prophet. God wants them to return to Him only, not foreign nations. Call upon Him only. He is Adonai Tzvaot, the Commander of the Lord's armies. Revelation 19 speaks of the Commander of the Lord's armies coming down. He's the only one who can do this. He wants them to be cleansed. Once they repent, He will come. Matthew 23:39: "You will see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'" Until they repent, they will not see Yeshua. Until they repent, they will not get the victories they want against the enemies.

Summary of Jeremiah 4: Repent now because judgment is suddenly approaching. God says, "Break up your fallow ground and do not sow among thorns." Major points: Judah must repent at the heart level. Circumcise the heart. The enemy from the north is coming. Jeremiah sees devastation so intense that it sounds like creation being undone. He was talking about creation being void, and the destruction Nebuchadnezzar would bring to the Middle East, including Judah. The problem is not Judah lacking religion; the problem is uncircumcised hearts. My Jewish friends, Israeli friends, and Jewish friends across the world, we must circumcise our hearts. Gentiles and Christians need to do it too. Jeremiah is about Israel first, then the nations of the Middle East. Christians need to understand this because He is the one way, the ancient way, the old path, the Torah. That is it. Jews and Christians must get back to it because that's why we're not getting victories. No one can show a victory for America in a major war in the last 80 years. Show me a victory for Israel in the last 25 years. You can't. There are no victories because it's not victory time; it's repentance time, "Teshuvah" time. Then you will see your victories, and your enemies will be destroyed forever once we repent. Until then, fight your hearts out; you won't win. We won't win anything until we repent and come back to the Lord our God, Jews and Christians.

Jeremiah 5: Corruption from Top to Bottom.

Jeremiah 5:1-3: "'Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; see now and know, and seek in her open places; if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks truth, and I will pardon Jerusalem.' Though they say, 'As the Lord lives,' surely they swear falsely. O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I said, 'Surely these are poor. They are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. I will go to the great men and speak to them, for they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God.' But these all together have broken the yoke and burst their bonds."

Jeremiah 5:6-9: "'Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces because of their transgressions are many, their backslidings have increased. How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. They were like well-fed, lusty stallions; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the Lord. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'"

Jeremiah 5:10-14: "'Go up on her walls and destroy; do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously with Me,' says the Lord. 'For they have lied about the Lord, and said, "It is not He, nor will evil come upon us; nor shall we see sword or famine. And the prophets become wind, for the word is not in them." Thus shall it be done to them. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the Lord. "It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say. Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty men. And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters shall eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall destroy your fortified cities in which you trust, with the sword. Nevertheless, in those days," says the Lord, "I will not make a complete end of you."'

Why doesn't He make a complete end of the people? Because of the covenant, the Abrahamic covenant, the ultimate promise to the Jewish people. There will be a generation that inherits the land that will do good. This generation, in my opinion, is getting down to the time of Jacob's trouble. Zechariah 14 says half the city will go into captivity; bad things will happen in Israel. Two-thirds will be destroyed, one-third will come through the fire. We know what that says in Zechariah. We are not far from that.

All of us who love Israel, love the Jewish people, love the Israelis, must do our part with great things. Salvation told people the land. It's befuddling how we all read the Torah every weekend, and the entire Torah says what I've been saying: if the people do good and obey, life is grand. They can enjoy the land of milk and honey, no enemies. But if they disobey, God will have a problem and bring enemies against them. That's what Moses told them over and over. We must understand this, or Nebuchadnezzar will come, or Antichrist will come, because they won't repent as a nation until it gets really bad. Then Yeshua will deliver them because they will realize they can't do this. They can't fight everyone in the promised land and win. Only a God can do that, the God of Israel, the King of Israel, not a man-made army. America's army, Europe's army, Israel's army—it doesn't matter. You cannot do that. You will not do that because that would fulfill the prophecies of Yeshua doing that. The Jewish Jesus, Yeshua, must fulfill the Torah, the prophets, and the Psalms to be the Jewish Messiah, the Son of God. The Jewish people should understand this. Christians don't, but Jewish people should understand there are prerequisites to the Jewish Messiah. We must get back to the prerequisites and stop thinking we're going to do all this. For 25 years, it's been a disaster in the Middle East with America and Israel trying to do this. No victories and only debt. Christian Zionists and others who think America and Israel will do this need to pay for it. The $10-12 trillion spent, plus $30 trillion more in debt. All the ignorant people need to pay for this because all they're doing is insanity. They will not defeat Persia, Turkey, or the beast kingdom. Yeshua will do this. Until they repent, there will be no victories.

Summary of Jeremiah 5: Corruption from the top to the bottom. Major points: The poor have rebelled, the great men have rebelled, the prophets lie, priests rule by their own authority, and the people love it that way. Look at what's going down today—the same thing. Key scriptures: "Find one who seeks truth." They deny the Lord. They have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear. Then an astonishing and horrible thing will come to Israel. When leadership, priesthood, prophets, and people all embrace deception and rebellion, judgment becomes unavoidable.

Jeremiah 6: The Ancient Paths Rejected and Impending Judgment from the North.

Jeremiah 6:1-3: "'Oh, children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal fire in Beth-Achem. For disaster appears out of the north, and great destruction. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman. The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around. Each one shall pasture in his own place. Prepare war against her! Arise, and let us go up at noon!' 'Woe to us, for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening. Arise, and let us go up by night and let us destroy her palaces.'"

Jeremiah 6:6-8: "'For thus has the Lord of hosts said: "Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem." This is the city to be punished! She is full of oppression in her midst. As a fountain wells up with water, so she wells up with her wickedness. Violence and plundering are heard in her. Before Me continually are grief and wounds. Be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest My soul depart from you, lest I make you desolate—a land not inhabited." Thus says the Lord of hosts. "They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; as a great gatherer, put your hand back into the branches. To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it."'

Jeremiah 6:11-15: "'Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary of holding it in. I will pour it out on the children outside and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband shall be taken with the wife, the aged with him who is full of days. And their houses shall be turned over to others, fields and wives together. For I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,' says the Lord. 'Because from the least of them to the greatest of them, everyone is given to coveting; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace!" when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, nor did they know how to blush.'

We don't blush anymore. We don't blush about homosexuality, abortion, idols. People don't care. The love of many has grown cold. For our brethren in Israel, the same thing. They're not ashamed. No one's blushing about the homosexuals in Sodom, June 1st-4th, 2026. No one's blushing. Then they do the parade in Tel Aviv. No one's blushing. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall, and at the time I will punish them.

Jeremiah 6:16: "'Thus says the Lord: "Stand in the ways and see; and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not walk in it."'" They don't want to find the ancient paths.

Jeremiah 6:17-19: "'Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, "Listen to the sound of the trumpet!" Though they said, "We will not listen." Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people—the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words, nor My Torah, but rejected it.'

Moses called heaven and earth as witnesses against the Jewish people. Jeremiah is quoting Moses. "Hear, O nations. Behold, I will bring calamity on the people, the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words, nor the Torah, but rejected it."

Jeremiah 6:20-23: "'To what purpose the frankincense from Sheba, and sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me. Therefore, thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish." Thus says the Lord: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the furthest parts of the earth. They will lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; they ride on horses, as men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion."'"

Jeremiah 6:24-26: "'We have heard the report of it; our hands grow feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, pains of a woman in labor. Do not go out into the field, nor walk by the way, because of the sword of the enemy; fear is on every side, O daughter of my people! Dress in sackcloth and roll about in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation. For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.'"

Jeremiah 6:27-30: "'I have set you as a tester and a fortress among the people, that you may know and test their way. They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers; they are bronze and iron; they are all corruptors. The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by fire; the smelter refines in vain, for the wicked are not drawn off. People will call them rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.'"

Who loves the prophet Jeremiah? This is serious stuff. Our Jewish, Israeli, and American Christian friends need to read this and sear their hearts with it because this is what's coming, exactly what the prophet said to this generation. Jeremiah 25 will bleed into the second coming events. Nebuchadnezzar will destroy the Middle East, including Babylon and Israel. People call him the Antichrist; he is really Nebuchadnezzar. He will ruin the Middle East. Ten kings will ruin them, including Judah and every Islamic nation. Muslims need to wake up and understand what's coming. Nebuchadnezzar, or Antichrist, or Antiochus Epiphanes IV—these ancient people who hated Israel and went against Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Syria—he will do the same exact thing.

Summary of Jeremiah 6: Judah refuses the ancient path, the good way. Key verse: "Ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it." But the people said, "We will not walk in it." My Jewish friends, Israeli friends, and all Middle Eastern friends who listen: Nebuchadnezzar is coming. You can see the kingdoms going down, apostasy rising, pride everywhere, including Israel. God will deal with that pride. Daniel 8 says pride will be broken. Let our pride be broken now. God will not relent once we reach that point. Major points: The watchmen sound the alarm, but the people refuse to listen. Their worship continues, but God rejects it because their hearts are uncircumcised and rebellious. Key scriptures: "Break up your fallow ground, circumcise your hearts. Evil will come from the north." The devastation sounds like creation being undone. The problem is uncircumcised hearts. My Jewish friends, Israeli friends, and Christians need to circumcise our hearts. It's the one way, the ancient way, the Torah. That's it. Jews and Christians must get back to it because that's why we're not getting victories. No one can show a victory for America in a major war in 80 years. No one can show a victory for Israel in 25 years. There are no victories because it's not victory time; it's repentance time, "Teshuvah" time. Then you will see your victories, and your enemies will be destroyed forever once we repent.

Jeremiah 7: The Temple Sermon: Trusting in Deception.

Jeremiah 7:1-7: "The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 'Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, "Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.'" For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.'"

This is the standard. Unfortunately, today, they are not living by the standard. The Mosaic covenant: if you do this, if you thoroughly amend your ways and doings, execute judgment, do not oppress the stranger, orphan, or widow, do not shed innocent blood, or walk after other gods to your own hurt, then you will dwell in this place forever. This is the Mosaic covenant, what Moses told them once they entered the land. It's a bilateral agreement. The Abrahamic covenant promises the land, but when they are in the land, they must follow Moses. Everyone should know that.

Jeremiah 7:8-11: "'Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations"? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes?' says the Lord. 'Behold, I have even seen it,' says the Lord."

This is right in front of your grill, man. The word of God, the Torah, which Jeremiah is quoting, cuts to the joints, marrow, and bones, even to the deepest spots of the heart, sharper than a two-edged sword: Messiah Yeshua. The sword, Messiah Yeshua, the two-edged sword, not "sweet little baby Jesus." The land of the tribe of Judah, the Jewish Messiah, the seed of David, the seed of Abraham, is coming with the sword after Nebuchadnezzar comes again. He will be like Nebuchadnezzar to judge the people. The two witnesses will come. Judah needs to wake up, Israel needs to wake up, and understand they have been misled by the government and some prophets. There is no restoration until repentance. Once you repent, Israel, the Jewish Messiah will give you the greatest victory you've ever seen.

Jeremiah 7:12-15: "'But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. And now, because you have done all these works,' says the Lord, 'and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer—therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all of your brethren—the whole offspring of Ephraim.'"

Jeremiah 7:16-20: "'Therefore, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.' 'Do they provoke Me to anger?' says the Lord. 'Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?' Therefore, thus says the Lord God: 'Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it shall burn and not be quenched.'"

Christians, wake up. Jeremiah is calling out these celebrations of Easter, Ishtar. That's what they were doing: the queen of heaven. That's what Easter is. Do your research. Don't be a part of that. He would tell Christians the same thing. "Do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you." Look what they're doing: worshiping other gods, making cakes for the queen of heaven, Ishtar of Babylon. Do they provoke Me to anger? Do they not provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces? Therefore, "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place... and it shall burn and not be quenched."

Jeremiah 7:21-28: "'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat! For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.'" Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their own evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did worse than their fathers. Therefore, you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you; you shall also call to them, but they will not answer you. So you shall say to them, 'This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.'"

Jeremiah 7:29-34: "'Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath. For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,' says the Lord. 'They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it. And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.' Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'when it will be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. At that time I will make void the counsel of Jerusalem and Judah in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth. I will make this city desolate and a hissing, and everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.' Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot be made whole again. And they will bury them in Topheth till there is no room. Thus I will do to this people and this city,' says the Lord, 'even as I have done to Topheth and to its king. And I will cause their houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah to be defiled like the place of Topheth, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.'"'

Today, they are doing the same thing: not passing their children through the fire, but abortion. Same thing. Spirit of Molech. Even free abortion in Israel. They are doing the same things as their ancestors. Different techniques, but still killing babies. It did not enter His heart, and they will be judged tremendously. Wait and see what He keeps saying about the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and what He will call it during the time of Jacob's trouble and the second coming events.

Summary of Jeremiah 7: Do not trust in the temple while living in rebellion. God says, "Trust not in lying words, saying, 'The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.'" Judah believed the temple guaranteed protection. Jeremiah says the temple will not save a people who oppress, shed innocent blood, follow idols, allow abominations, and refuse repentance. Unfortunately, today we see the same thing: oppression, innocent blood shed, idols, abominations, and refusal of repentance. Judgment will come. Key scriptures: "Religious buildings cannot protect a rebellious people. God wants obedience, not empty religious pride."

Jeremiah 9: Disobedience Brings Yah's Judgment.

Jeremiah 9:1-3: "'Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers, that I might leave my people and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah 9:4-6: "'Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanderers. Everyone will deceive his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity. Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah 9:7-9: "'Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them; for how shall I deal with the daughter of My people? Their tongue is an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit." One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait. Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the Lord. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? For devastation and destruction I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains and for the dwelling places of the desert a lamentation, because they are all burned up, so that no one can pass through, nor can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone. I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals; I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without inhabitant.'"

Jeremiah 9:12-16: "'Who is the wise man who may understand this?' and 'Who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a desert, so that no one can pass through?' Then the Lord said, 'Because they have forsaken My Torah, which I set before them, and they have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, but have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts—and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.' Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.'"

Jeremiah 9:17-22: "'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider and call for the mourning women that they may come; send for skillful wailing women that they may come. Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run with tears, and our eyelids gush with water. For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: 'How we are plundered! We are greatly ashamed because we have forsaken the land, because we have been cast out of our dwellings.' Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth; teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor a lamentation. For death has come through our windows; has entered our palaces to kill off the children from the streets and the young men from the fields." Thus says the Lord: "Even the carcasses of men shall fall as refuse on the open field, like cuttings after the harvester, and no one shall gather them."'"

Jeremiah 9:23-26: "'Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord. "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "that I will punish all who are circumcised—with the uncircumcised—Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon and Moab, and all who dwell in the farthest corners who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart."'"

This is what I'm talking about: the biblical world of Genesis 10. You don't see Russia, China, or other nations. You see Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Tyre—those names. This will be the Antichrist kingdom that comes against the Jewish people. You'll find this in Jeremiah 25. It's about the Middle Eastern nations who hate Israel, Genesis 10, who will come against the people because of the land.

Summary of Jeremiah 9: Jeremiah grieves over a deceitful nation. "Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears." The people are full of lying, deceit, and covenant-breaking. God says, "The true boasting is not wisdom, might, or riches, but knowing Him." Key scriptures: "Find one who seeks truth." They have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear. Then an astonishing and horrible thing will come to Israel. Jeremiah's tears show that true prophecy is not cold prediction; it carries the burden of God's heart.

Jeremiah 11: The Broken Covenant.

Jeremiah 11:1-5: "The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 'Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant, which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you then be My people, and I will be your God, that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them 'a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.'"' And I answered and said, 'So be it, Lord.' Then the Lord said to me, 'Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, "Hear the words of this covenant, and do them; for I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt until this day, rising early and exhorting, saying, 'Obey My voice!'" Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his own evil heart. Therefore I will bring on them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, which they have not done.'"

No one is His people until they obey Him. We are not His people until we obey Him. "If you love Me, keep My commandments" (John 14:15). We can say we love Yeshua all we want, but unless we keep the commandments, God doesn't think we love Him. Yeshua, the King of Israel, says this. Moses used "if," Jeremiah used "if," and Yeshua used "if." John 14:15 gives a great understanding: If you love Him, you will keep His commandments. If we don't, we won't. Israel does not. America does not. Otherwise, we wouldn't be doing the things we are doing. We have a remnant of believers in America, but it's not a Christian nation. Killing 70 million children, homosexuality being commonplace—you are not a Christian nation. You are a cursed nation that needs to repent. Same for Israel. Homosexuality parties in Sodom, on the actual site, will bring the Lord's wrath upon you quickly. I hope people repent. I used to live a terrible lifestyle. My lifestyle stank to high heaven. I have hope and mercy for these people, but the leadership—the government, rabbis, and all who should know better—that's the problem. The leadership allowed that to happen. The government promoted it. They want victories but won't get them by supporting homosexuality. Why would God give them victory? It's not about pride in conquering the promised land; it's about repentance so Yeshua can deliver them from the Islamists. Until they repent, the Islamists will be in their backyard. Look around Israel right now; enemies are everywhere.

Jeremiah 11:6-14: "'Then the Lord said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them." ... Therefore, thus says the Lord, "Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them, which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. So do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble. What has My beloved to do in My house, having done lewd deeds with many? And the holy flesh has passed from you, when you do evil, then you rejoice. The Lord called your name, 'Green olive tree, lovely and of good fruit'; with the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken. For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and also for the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger by offering incense to Baal."'

Jeremiah 11:18-23: "'Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; then You showed me their doings. But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more." But, O Lord of hosts, You who judge righteously, testing the mind and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You I have revealed my cause. Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, "Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand!" Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them, the false prophets. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by the famine, and there shall be no remnant of them—the false prophets. For I will bring a catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment."'

Summary of Jeremiah 11: Judah violated Yah's covenant. God tells Jeremiah to proclaim and recall the words of the covenant. The issue is covenant betrayal. Judah is not merely making mistakes; she has broken the agreement with God. Jeremiah also discovers a conspiracy against his life from his hometown, Anathoth. Those are the key scriptures. Jeremiah's hometown rejects him and his family. The prophet becomes a prophetic picture of righteous suffering by Yeshua.

Jeremiah 12: A Righteous Man Wrestles with Injustice.

Jeremiah 12:1-4: "'Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them; yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their mind. But You, O Lord, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. How long will the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed for the wickedness of those who dwell there, because they said, "He will not see our final end."'"

Jeremiah 12:5-6: "Then the Lord answered Jeremiah, 'If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with the horses? And if in the land of peace in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan? For even your brothers—the house of your father—even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, even though they speak smooth words to you.'"

Jeremiah 12:7-11: "'I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies. My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it. My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; the vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour! Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard; they have trodden My portion underfoot. They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. It mourns to Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no one takes it to heart. The plunderers have come to all the desolate heights in the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other; no flesh shall have peace. They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain but not to profit; but be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the Lord.'"

Jeremiah 12:14-17: "'Thus says the Lord against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, "Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out of the house of Judah from among them. Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them, and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land. And it shall be, if they diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the Lord lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people. But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the Lord.'"

This is about Israel and its neighbors. God will judge all of them. The entire Middle East is about to go through the same thing Jeremiah warned the ancestors and the nations around them. Nebuchadnezzar destroyed them all in Jeremiah 25.

Summary of Jeremiah 12: Why do the wicked prosper? Jeremiah asks why the way of the wicked prospers. Jeremiah wrestles with injustice. God answers by preparing him for greater difficulty: "If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with the horses?" This is for all of us to understand: if we get flustered by light things, how can we handle the hard things coming? We must prepare our hearts, like Jeremiah did. We can see danger coming, the time of Jacob's trouble, the seven-year tribulation. Every Christian believes that; Jewish people too. Why aren't we circumcising our hearts to the Lord since we see calamity coming to Israel and all nations? It's all coming. You see it in Europe, America, Latin America, everywhere, especially the Middle East. God does not always give Jeremiah or us an easy answer. He strengthens him or us for a harder road, a narrower road.

Jeremiah 14: Drought and Intercession.

Jeremiah 14:1-6: "The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they mourn for the land, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. Their nobles have sent their lads for water; they went to their cisterns and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads, because the ground is parched, for there was no rain in the land. The plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads. Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, but they left because there was no grass. And the wild donkey stood in the desolate heights; they sniffed at the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for Your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. O hope of Israel, Your savior in time of trouble! Why should You be like a stranger in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? Why should You be like a man astonished, like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst, and we are called by Your name. Do not leave us! Thus says the Lord to this people: 'Thus they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now and punish their sins.'"

Jeremiah 14:11-12: "Then the Lord said to me, 'Do not pray for this people for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Because I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.'"

Jeremiah 14:13-16: "Then I said, 'Oh, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, "You shall not see the sword, nor shall you see the famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place." ' And the Lord said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them. They prophesy to you false vision, divination, worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.' Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the false prophets: 'Who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, "Sword and famine shall not be in this land"—by sword and famine those false prophets shall be consumed! And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them.' Thus you shall say this word to them: 'Let My eyes flow with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.'"

Jeremiah 14:17-22: "'If I go out into the field, then behold, those slain with the sword; and if I enter the city, then behold, those sick from famine. Yes, both prophet and priest go about in the land and they do not know.' 'Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace, but there is no good—and for the time of healing, but there is trouble! We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You. Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us. Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O Lord our God? Therefore, we will wait for You, since You have made all these.'"

A physical drought reveals spiritual drought. Major points: Judah experiences drought. Jeremiah intercedes, but God says judgment is fixed because the people refused to repent. False prophets promised peace, but there was no peace. When the heavens are shut, it reveals that the covenant relationship is broken. This is why when the two witnesses come down, they hold up rain for three and a half years. We will find out in Israel and the whole world, in the Middle East, that this is very serious. These are words from God. He touched Jeremiah's mouth; these are God's words. They are not always pleasant, but this is the Almighty's attribute when a people rejects Him. Loving-kindness, mercy, grace, forgiveness, longsuffering. But when that ends, and all the prophets do their thing, it's judgment time. It's the gavel, pestilence, sword, and famine. We've already had pestilence with COVID. Now comes famine and the sword is already out there. Look at the Middle East. The sword is out. Famine is coming next. This is not pleasant stuff, but this is what God has said to a rebellious people, whoever that may be. In the promised land, the people must obey Moses or what God told Moses. If not, it will happen again.

Jeremiah 15: Judgment and Deliverance.

Jeremiah 15:1-3: "Then the Lord said to me, 'Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. And it shall be, if they say to you, "Where should we go?" then you shall tell them, "Thus says the Lord: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity."' And I will appoint over them four forms of destruction,' says the Lord: 'The sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. I will hand them over to trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem—which was a bunch of idolatry, spiritual adultery, and just absolutely evil.'"

Jeremiah 15:5-9: "'For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask how you were doing? You have forsaken Me,' says the Lord; 'you have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you to destroy you; I am weary of relenting! And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children; I will destroy My people, since they do not return from their evil ways.'"

John the Baptist said the Messiah would come with a winnowing fork and cleanse His threshold. His threshold is Zion, Moriah, Jerusalem. You are seeing Yeshua in Jeremiah. When He says, "I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the threshold of the land," that is Yeshua. Read Matthew 3 and 4, and Revelation. It will be ugly. Israelis, please wake up. We love you, but Yeshua and Yahweh love you more. They want everyone to understand what's going down. People don't know what's going down. Israelis don't. Christians don't. We are all blinded. We don't understand the biblical prophets or proper theology or eschatology. We think we're going to conquer everything. You will conquer nothing until we repent. When we repent, the God of Israel will decree in Daniel 7, and the saints will possess the kingdom when Yeshua restores it.

Jeremiah 15:10-14: "'Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for interest, nor have men lent to me for interest; every one of them curses me. The Lord said, "Surely it will be well with your remnant; surely it will cause the enemy to intercede with you in the time of adversity, in the time of affliction. Can anyone break iron, the northern iron and bronze? Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price, because of all your sins throughout your territories. And I will make you cross over with your enemies into a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in My anger, which shall burn upon you." O Lord, You know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors; and do not take me away, knowing that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. I did not sit in the assembly of mockers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with indignation.'"

Jeremiah 15:15-21: "'Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, like waters that fail? Therefore, thus says the Lord: "If you return, then I will bring you back; you shall stand before Me. If you take out the precious from the vile, you shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, but you must not return to them. I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you," says the Lord. "I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible."'

Summary of Jeremiah 15: Jeremiah suffers under the weight of his calling. God says even Moses and Samuel could not turn away the judgment of that generation. Jeremiah feels isolated, rejected, and wounded. God reassures him: "If you return... you shall be as My mouth." He will be a fortified bronze wall. Those who love God's word will believe Moses forever. Yeshua says the same thing in John 5. If you don't believe Moses, you won't believe someone risen from the dead. Christians, if you don't believe Moses, you don't believe Yeshua either. We must believe Moses and follow the commandments. Israel does not. America does not. Otherwise, we wouldn't be doing these things. We have a remnant of believers, but not a Christian nation.

Jeremiah 16: Jeremiah's Life Becomes a Sign.

Jeremiah 16:1-5: "The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 'You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who were born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and their fathers who begot them in this land: They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried, nor shall they be like refuse on the face of the earth; they shall be consumed by the sword, by the famine, and the corpses shall be meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.'"

This is horrible stuff, from God's mouth. It's coming again if people don't repent. They won't repent as a nation until it gets really bad. The time of Jacob's trouble. Bad things will happen to people, women, children. You're reading what God told Jeremiah to say then and now.

Jeremiah 16:6-9: "'Nor shall great and small die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; nor shall men break bread in mourning for them to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother. Also, you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.' For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will cause to cease from this place before your eyes and in your days the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.'"

Jeremiah 16:10-16: "'And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, "Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?" Then you shall say to them, "Because your fathers have forsaken Me," says the Lord, "for they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My Torah. And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each of you follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will show you no favor." God will restore Israel. This is what's going on right now. This is end-of-age prophecy. "'Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that it shall no more be said, "The Lord lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt," but, "The Lord lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them." For I will bring them back into the land which I gave to their fathers. Behold, I will send for many fishermen,' says the Lord, 'and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes. And first I will repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.'"

For the Jewish people. Here's for the Gentiles: "'O Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction! The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, "Surely our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless and unprofitable things—for a man can make gods for himself, which are not gods." Therefore, behold, I will tell you this once and cause them to know My hand and My might, and they shall know that My name is the Lord.'"

This is a very serious prophecy. I wrote a book in 2018 called "God's Fishermen, Satan's Hunters," about this prophecy. The fishermen have been released. It didn't happen after Babylon; they weren't fished back. Cyrus allowed them to go back. They were not hunted back. This started happening in 1948 when Israel became a state. Since then, four million Jewish people have made Aliyah. The fishermen have been released to fish the people back. It's not about Messiah saying "fishers of men" in Matthew 4:19; it's about this prophecy of Jeremiah. Jewish people will fish their own people back home. The Jewish Agency, Aliyah Return Center, World Zionist Organization—these people will bring their own people back. The fishermen have been released. No other time in history has a group of people returned to their homeland like the Jewish people. This shows the God of Israel is alive and well. Under worldly circumstances, they shouldn't be here, but God is true to His covenant.

The hunters are being released right now. European Jews, American Jews—Aliyah. Anti-Semitism is higher than ever in America. The American people are against what Israel is doing. This will turn Americans away from Israel and ultimately cause Jewish people to make Aliyah because everyone will blame the Jewish people. They should blame the Israeli government only. The Israeli government is not doing American Jews any favors, or European Jews, or any Jews worldwide, because everyone hates Israel because of what's going down. The nations hate Israel because of what's going down. We must understand it's going to get really bad for the Jewish people. Stand with them because you love them, you love mankind. But the Jewish people are about the hunters. Look at America, New York, everywhere. It's only going to get worse for Jewish Aliyah to happen. European Jews, same thing. Look at Europe, anti-Semitism. It's time to go home. American Jews, time to go home. I'll probably be over there as well. The hunters are coming. I love the Jewish people. The bottom line is this: the hunters are coming. It's the time of the end where these prophecies will come to fruition. They're ugly, but we must pronounce what the prophet said. Bad times are coming. The fishermen have been released. Afterward, the hunters will hunt them. Their iniquity is not hidden from His eyes. He will repay them double for their sin because they have defiled His land with abominable idols.

For the Christians: "O Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction. The Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, 'Surely our fathers have inherited nothing but lies—worthless and unprofitable things.'" Christians are worshiping in vain if they don't worship according to the scriptures. Christmas, Easter, Sunday Sabbath—you're worshiping Yeshua in vain. Get out of this. Jews and Christians must understand it's coming to us. Hunters for the Jewish people back home, and then hunters for Christians to correct us among the nations.

Summary of Jeremiah 16: Jeremiah's life becomes a sign. God tells Jeremiah not to marry, have children, enter mourning houses, or feasting houses. His personal life becomes a prophetic sign that normal life in Judah is about to collapse. Judgment is coming, but God still promises future restoration greater than the Exodus from Egypt. The fishermen have been released, and the hunters are being released now.

Jeremiah 17: The Sin of Judah is Written with a Pen of Iron.

Jeremiah 17:1-4: "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of a diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts, and on the horns of your altars; while their children remember their altars and their wooden images by the green trees on the high hills. O My mountain in the field, I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures, and your high places of sin within all your borders. And you even yourself shall let go of your heritage which I gave you, and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you do not know; for you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall be burned forever."

Jeremiah 17:5-8: "'Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit."'

Jeremiah 17:9-10: "'The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who in the world can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.'"

Jeremiah 17:11: "'As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; it will leave him in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.'"

Jeremiah 17:12-18: "'A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be ashamed. Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters—Yeshua the Messiah. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save Me, and I shall be saved. Indeed, they say to Me, "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!" As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You, nor have I desired the woeful day. You know what came out of my lips; it was right before You. Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope in the day of doom. Let them be ashamed who persecute me, but do not let me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of doom, and destroy them with double destruction.'"

The heart of Judah is engraved with sin. Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. God contrasts the cursed man who trusts in man with the blessed man who trusts in Adonai. The crisis is the heart. National judgment comes from inward corruption and national corruption of individuals.

Jeremiah 18: The Potter and the Clay.

Jeremiah 18:1-6: "'The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words." Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the Lord. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel."'

Jeremiah 18:7-10: "'The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, to destroy, if that nation, against whom I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I spoke to bring upon it. And the instant I speak, concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.'"

Jeremiah 18:11-12: "'Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, "Thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now, everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.'" And they said, "This is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his own evil heart."'"

Jeremiah 18:13-16: "'Therefore thus says the Lord: "Ask now among the Gentiles, who has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon, which comes from the rock of the field? Or will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters? Because My people have forgotten Me; they have burned incense to worthless idols; and they have caused themselves to stumble in their wicked ways from the ancient past, to walk in pathways, and not on a highway, to make their land desolate, a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by will be astonished and shake his head. I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face in the day of their calamity." Then they said, "Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."'"

Jeremiah 18:18-23: "'Give heed to me, O Lord, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; let their wives become widows and bereave their children; let their men be put to death, let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard from their houses when You bring a troop suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet. Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel which is against me to slay me. Provide no atonement for their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from Your sight; but let them be overthrown before You. Deal thus with them in the time of Your anger.'"

God has authority to reshape Israel and the nations. Jeremiah goes to the potter's house. The vessel is marred. God says He can do the same with Israel and the nations if they repent. Judgment is not arbitrary. If a nation repents, God can relent. If it hardens, God's judgment will come.

Jeremiah 19: The Broken Vessel.

Jeremiah 19:1-3: "Thus says the Lord: 'Go and get a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you, and say, "Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place that whoever hears of it, his ears will tingle."'

Jeremiah 19:4-9: "'Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents. They have also built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command, nor did it come into My mind. Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. I will make void the counsel of Jerusalem and Judah in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth. I will make this city desolate and a hissing, and everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.'"

Jeremiah 19:10-13: "Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot be made whole again. And they will bury them in Topheth till there is no room. Thus I will do to this people and this city,' says the Lord, 'even as I have done to Topheth and to its king. And I will cause their houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah to be defiled like the place of Topheth, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"

Jeremiah 19:14-15: "Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy. And he stood in the court of the Lord's house and said to all the people, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I will bring on this city and all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks, that they might not obey My words or hear My words.'"

Summary of Jeremiah 19: Judah has passed the point of being reshaped. In chapter 18, the clay can still be reshaped. In chapter 19, the vessel is hardened and broken. Jeremiah breaks the bottle as a sign of coming judgment. There is a difference between clay still soft in the potter's hand and pottery hardened beyond reshaping. Stiff-necked.

The closing theme of Josiah's reign in Jeremiah's ministry is that Josiah's reign is the final mercy window before God's judgment. King Josiah was a righteous king. He tried to reform the people, but they said, "No, we do not want the ancient paths." The tragedy is that the king's heart was tender, but the nation's heart remained hard. Josiah found the book of the Torah and humbled himself, but Judah as a whole did not truly return. Under Josiah, God gave Judah light, warning, reform, and time, but outward reform could not replace inward repentance.

Thank you so much for being with us tonight. It was a long video, but thank you for staying with us. You read the words of Jeremiah from God's mouth. This is hardcore stuff. This is why people don't like to read the book of Jeremiah. Everyone says they love Jeremiah, but do they know what God told him to tell the Jewish people and the Gentile nations? Get out of your paganism, abominations, detestable idols, and turn to Yeshua the Messiah. If not, the gavel is it, in this life and the next. That's the message of Jeremiah: turn to the voice of God, the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, the words out of His mouth at Mount Sinai. That is the voice of God. That is the word of God found in the New Testament. The writers of the New Testament wrote with the power of the Holy Spirit. God wasn't telling them, "These are the laws, these are the commandments." He told the prophets to go tell them to return to the commandments. We must get back to what Moses said. Exodus 19:9 says, "The people will believe Moses forever." Those who love God will believe Moses forever. Yeshua says the same thing in John 5: "If you don't believe in Moses, you won't believe someone risen from the dead." Christians, if you don't believe in Moses, you don't believe Yeshua either. We must believe Moses and follow the commandments. Whoever is in that land has strict guidelines. When people get out of the boundary lines, He will send prophets to warn them. They won't listen, and then He will bring the sword, pestilence, and famine. That's where we are today.

All this Israeli pride and American pride—I'm sick of it. I'm sick of everyone putting their hope in the governments of Israel and America and their military power, with zero victories. I don't get it. This is not a knock on the soldiers; it's a knock on the government, politicians, diplomats, who think they can impose their will on Islamic nations. They will give you a holy war, and Yeshua will have to get us all out of it. You will not defeat Iran, Turkey, or the terror groups until Yeshua returns after you repent. That's the end-of-age story. Iran, Turkey, beast kingdom, Antichrist, Yeshua—boom. They will not win until they repent. Bad times are coming. I stand with the Jewish people and Israel, but like the prophets who had the truth of Adonai: "Obey, or get out of the land." It's that simple. I don't know what the hierarchy of Israel, the government, and the rabbis are reading, because when I read the Torah, Jeremiah, or Isaiah, it's talking about today because they're doing the same things they did in the past. How did that turn out? Nebuchadnezzar came to town, and General Titus of the Roman Empire came to town in AD 70 because of the rejection of the Messiah and the Torah.

We need to get educated. We are not educated enough to go through the end of the age. Christians are not, and Jews are not either. That's why we don't understand what's going down. We think America and Israel will do it all. That's stupid. How is that going in 25 years? Israel should be calling on Him, not America. That's why you read Jeremiah 2. Don't go to Egypt for foreign assistance. God raised up Nebuchadnezzar to crush Egypt and Assyria to judge Judah and the Middle East. That will happen again. God will raise up a Nebuchadnezzar, Antichrist, and he will destroy the Middle East, including Jerusalem to a degree. Then the Jewish people will realize they can't get out of this and will call on Yeshua. The Father will decree for Him to come and save the Jewish people and all of us. But many Jewish people and Gentiles will die. We must understand that. We are lacking knowledge, like Hosea said, "My people perish for lack of knowledge." We need to get serious, wake up, and do our part in God's kingdom. One soul at a time. No one will change the Israeli government but God. He will deal with the Israeli government, but the people themselves need to wake up and understand Israel's position. The Jewish people need to wake up and realize where they are on God's timeline. This is not restoration time; it's judgment time. It's about to be the time of Jacob's trouble. Jewish believers know this. Don't get caught up in the Israeli government's actions. Yeshua said in Matthew 24 to flee to the mountains. That hasn't happened yet. It will happen for the wise people because Jerusalem will be ravaged. The Jewish people will not conquer the promised land as unbelievers with abominations everywhere. That should be common sense. They won't do this. Defend yourselves, of course, but trying to go on the "greater Israel" march and conquer the promised land without God will bring the gavel. He will raise up enemies against them. That's what people have a hard time understanding. Read Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28-30. It sounds like Jeremiah. Eating children, famine, pestilence, war, sword, captivity, cannibalism—crazy stuff. If He did it before, He will do it again. If the people don't repent, which they won't as a nation until it gets really bad, then it will be ugly. It's up to us to do our part in His kingdom.

The "greater Israel" project will not happen. Hamas is still there. Hezbollah has been there for 40 years. Houthis—no one can beat them. Even the US Navy can't. Iran will not be defeated. Turkey will not. The beast kingdom will not. Yeshua will. Until He returns after they repent, they will not win. America will not win. Israel definitely can't win without America, which goes back to Jeremiah 2 and Isaiah 30-31. "You and your lover will be destroyed." America is Israel's lover, and they will be judged. God wants to deal with His people and the Middle East Himself, just like Nebuchadnezzar did. If Jews and Christians understood this, they would stop this. It's time for repentance. You will not defeat Iran, Turkey, or the terror groups until Yeshua returns after you repent.

The prophets will override political leaders. God's prophecies will come to fruition. We are at that stage. The hardcore prophecies are for this hardcore phase. Israel is in a hardcore phase. Christians and Americans are in a hardcore phase. Get off the mainstream media; they are liars. The Iranian people are used to suffering more than Americans. They will outlast us. China and Russia will not let Iran fall. America cannot win this; they won't. Israel can't win this. They need America, which goes back to Jeremiah 2 and Isaiah 30-31. "You and your lover will be destroyed." America's empire is collapsing. If you keep listening to politicians, you will be deceived. Look at the economics, BRICS. America is declining tremendously as an economic and military power.

The testimony of Yeshua is conquering the promised land. Matthew 1:1: "The seed of David, the seed of Abraham." Christians and Jews, if you don't know what that means, read Genesis 1-4. Yeshua is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1:31 that He would be given His father David's throne and rule over the Israelites and all grafted in the Abrahamic covenant. That's why Matthew 1 shows His lineage. He is the King of Israel, the Holy One of Israel, Adonai Tzvaot, the Lion of the tribe of Judah who will conquer the promised land and sit on David's everlasting throne. If we don't understand that, we get into Christian Zionism, political Zionism, and people get killed. Innocent people. We need proper eschatology. Christian Zionists have no clue what "seed of David, seed of Abraham" means. If they did, they wouldn't think the Israeli government will conquer the promised land or "greater Israel." No way. Yeshua has the authority to do that when the verdict is given (Daniel 7). The four gentile kingdoms, then the beast kingdom, then Yeshua. We must read Daniel to understand the kingdoms.

We must read the Torah, the prophets, and the Psalms. "My people perish for lack of knowledge." We need to get educated. We need to speak the truth to Jewish people, Israelis, Christians, and the whole world. We need to be like Jeremiah, who stood in the gap even when people hated and persecuted him. If family and friends turn away, keep doing your part. Yeshua is the narrow way. Jeremiah's life is a picture of the end-time saints. He knew the branch, the King of Israel. He expects us to walk like Jeremiah did.

The book of Jeremiah shows one of the greatest love stories: the deliverance of Jeremiah and the holy prophets with him. Jeremiah was delivered through persecution. He got the victory, not Judah or Jerusalem. The remnant who were like him did. Not the masses, not Zedekiah, not Jehoiakim. Read what happened to them. The prophet was delivered, just as God promised. God has made a promise to you as well: He will deliver us in times of trouble. That's Yom HaKadosh, the hidden day, the Feast of Trumpets. You want to be hidden on the Day of Adonai. The Day of the Lord is what people need to be concerned about.

The prophets are for prophets, not historians. Jeremiah is a prophet. What he wrote, what God told him to say, is for right now. It's ugly, but it will get ugly until we repent. When we repent, life will be grand. The Garden of Eden, the promised land, the seed of David, the seed of Abraham will clean up all the evil. Pray for the persecuted. We haven't seen anything yet. We are living at the end of the age.

America's empire is collapsing. If you keep listening to politicians, you will be deceived. Look at the economics, BRICS. America is declining tremendously. Trump himself said there are only four to six weeks of oil reserves left. Iran will outlast us. China and Russia will not let Iran fall. America cannot win this; they won't. Israel can't win this without America, which goes back to Jeremiah 2 and Isaiah 30-31. "You and your lover will be destroyed." America is Israel's lover, and they will be judged. God wants to deal with the Middle East Himself. If Jews and Christians understood this, they would stop. It's time for repentance. You will not defeat Iran, Turkey, or the terror groups until Yeshua returns after you repent.

The biblical prophets will override everything America, Israel, Turkey, or anyone else does. God's prophecies will come to fruition. We are at that stage. The hardcore prophecies are for this hardcore phase. Israel is in a hardcore phase. Christians and Americans are in a hardcore phase. Get off the political crap. Stop listening to mainstream media; they are liars. The Iranian people are used to suffering more than Americans. They will outlast us. China and Russia will not let Iran fall. America cannot win this; they won't. Israel can't win this. They need America, which goes back to Jeremiah 2 and Isaiah 30-31. "You and your lover will be destroyed."

The seed of David, the seed of Abraham—if you don't know what that means, close the New Testament and read the Torah, the prophets, and the Psalms. Get educated. "My people perish for lack of knowledge." We need to read, read, read, until it pierces our hearts, souls, minds, everything. Then we can be a light and explain these things to people who don't understand. It's not always a good conversation. Who cares? Get the message across. We must return to our first love. "As for me and my house, we will serve Yeshua HaMashiach, Adonai." Amen. America will never have a victory until they submit to God and Jesus Christ. We haven't had a victory since World War II.

"Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, pray for those who spitefully use you." Blessed are the peacemakers. Let us be holy as God is holy. Not want to kill people, not want to go on our own march. We are out of alignment. We need to get back to our first love.

The biblical prophets will override everything. We are at that stage where the hardcore prophecies are happening. Israel is in a hardcore phase. Christians and Americans are in a hardcore phase. Get off the political crap. Stop listening to politicians. Look at the facts on the ground. Get off Fox News, CNN, mainstream media. They are liars. The Iranian people are used to suffering more than Americans. They will outlast us. China and Russia will not let Iran fall. America cannot win this; they won't. Israel can't win this. They need America, which goes back to Jeremiah 2 and Isaiah 30-31. "You and your lover will be destroyed."