BE HUMBLE OR BE HUMBLED BY THE LORD

Jeremiah 13:1-27 

This chapter contains two prophetic illustrations representing the judgement to come upon the Southern Kingdom. God tells Jeremiah to go and buy a linen sash/loin cloth/belt. The Lord instructs Jeremiah to take the sash to the Euphrates, a river close to Babylon or possibly a small stream near Anathoth (Genesis 2:14; Genesis 15:18). The Lord will ruin the pride of the Southern Kingdom by sending them to Babylon (Leviticus 26:14-20).

“For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:3-7).

Dr. Erin Daniel Bell

December 7, 2025