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# Jeremiah

## Chapter 26

Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4 to 6 Chapters 7 to 9 Chapter 10 Chapters 11 and 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapters 19 and 20 Chapters 21 to 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapters 27 and 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapters 31 and 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapters 37 and 38 Chapters 39 to 44 Chapters 49 to 51 Chapter 52 | #### Renewed calls to repentance: the longsuffering of God Chapter 26 begins this series of details with a prophecy of the commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. The people are warned, as being already in sin, that if they repent, they shall escape. We have constantly seen this character attached to the prophecies of Jeremiah, as though God said, "To-day, if ye will hear my voice." Circumstances rendered this appeal urgent, for in fact, if Israel did not repent, the house of Jehovah was to be like Shiloh. We find that of which God had warned the prophet. They strive against him; but, as Jehovah had promised, they gain no advantage over him. We see that it is the ecclesiastical party that excite the people against the testimony which God bears to them by the mouth of the prophet. But God turns the heart of the princes and of the people towards him. There were some also who regarded the ways of Jehovah. Their intelligence did not go far, but sufficiently so for deliverance; they feared God. We may remark here, that conscience laid hold of the word of God in its immediate application. No doubt the evil would go on increasing, and, when ripe, the judgment would be accomplished (for God does not strike before iniquity has come to its height), and then the prophecy would be fulfilled. But conscience, under the influence of the word, takes knowledge of principles which are judged by it, even when all is not yet ripe for judgment; and as yet consequently the judgment is not executed (v. 18, 19). |

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