Jeremiah 15:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

Return

Take

Hebrews 5:14

As my

Let them

Galatians 2:5

General references

Leviticus 10:10

Bible References

Return

I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."

Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

he said to him, "I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you."

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

Take

as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

As my

So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say."

"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say."

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Let them

Then Jeremiah answered, "You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.

You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

And he said to me, "Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

General references

as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,