What is the meaning of Jeremiah 25:30? So you are to prophesy all these words against them Jeremiah is commanded to deliver every syllable God has given, even the hard parts. • Jeremiah 1:7–9 shows the same calling: “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’… I have put My words in your mouth.” • Acts 20:27 echoes the principle—Paul refuses to shrink back from proclaiming “the whole counsel of God.” • Faithfulness means speaking God’s truth, not trimming it to fit public taste (Jeremiah 26:2). and say to them: The message is personal and direct, aimed at real people who must respond. • Ezekiel 2:7: “You must speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse.” • Revelation 2–3 records Christ’s individual messages to specific churches, proving that God addresses hearts, not abstractions. • No second-hand religion: “say to them” invites confrontation with divine authority. ‘The LORD will roar from on high; The “roar” pictures a lion breaking silence with sudden, terrifying power. • Amos 1:2; Joel 3:16—each prophet hears the same roar announcing judgment. • Hosea 11:10 balances threat and hope: the roar also gathers those who repent. • The location “on high” reminds us that judgment issues from heaven’s throne, not earthly courts (Psalm 115:3). He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. God speaks from His sanctified dwelling, whether understood as the heavenly temple or, in Jeremiah’s day, the earthly temple soon to be judged. • Deuteronomy 26:15 calls heaven “Your holy dwelling place.” • Psalm 18:13 pictures the Lord thundering from heaven, reinforcing the scene. • Because the voice is holy, the verdict is flawless; no appeal can overturn it. He will roar loudly over His pasture; The “pasture” is the land and people He owns. A shepherd’s gentle field becomes the stage for a lion’s roar when sheep rebel. • Jeremiah 23:1–2 indicts unfaithful shepherds who scatter His flock. • 1 Peter 4:17 notes that judgment begins with the household of God—first the pasture, then the wider world. • God’s ownership intensifies accountability: “My pasture” means “My standards.” like those who tread the grapes, The winepress image conveys total, crushing judgment. • Isaiah 63:2–3 pictures garments stained in the press: “I have trodden the winepress alone.” • Lamentations 1:15 laments that the Lord “has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah as in a winepress.” • Revelation 14:19–20 shows the final winepress, linking Jeremiah’s warning to the ultimate Day of the Lord. He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. The scope widens from Judah to every nation; no one outruns the shout. • Jeremiah 25:29—“I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My name. Do you indeed remain unpunished?” • Zephaniah 1:14: “The great Day of the LORD is near… the Mighty Warrior shouts His battle cry.” • Matthew 25:32; Revelation 20:12 reveal the global courtroom where all humanity stands before Christ. summary Jeremiah 25:30 is God’s thunderous declaration that His Word must be proclaimed in full, His judgment is certain, and His authority is universal. The prophet’s obedience models our own: speak what God says, trust that He will act, and remember that the same voice which roars in judgment also gathers the repentant into safety. |
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