Emphasis Preaching Journal
With God, You Get More Than What You Asked For
Commentary
Jeremiah 31:31-34
The First Lesson is drawn from a book of prophecies of a late 7th to early 6th century BC prophet of Judah, dictated to his aide Baruch, from the reigns of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah through the era of the Babylonian captivity. Some of the prophet’s criticism of the house of David and the temple, giving more attention instead to the Sinai Covenant, may relate to Jeremiah being the descendant of one of David’s high priests, Abiathar, who lost control of the temple and was finally banished.
The First Lesson is drawn from a book of prophecies of a late 7th to early 6th century BC prophet of Judah, dictated to his aide Baruch, from the reigns of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah through the era of the Babylonian captivity. Some of the prophet’s criticism of the house of David and the temple, giving more attention instead to the Sinai Covenant, may relate to Jeremiah being the descendant of one of David’s high priests, Abiathar, who lost control of the temple and was finally banished.
