A message the Lord God
gave Jeremiah the prophet:
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.-Jeremiah 4:16-26***Simon Peter and John were disciples and apostles of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. Centuries before Simon Peter and John were telling the high priest and Israelite leaders and elders that they were unable to keep themselves from speaking to others about everything they saw and heard regarding Jesus, Elihu the Buzite was telling Job and Job's friends that there were words he had to speak in order to be relieved. Moreover, at least 600 years before Simon Peter and John were speaking to the leaders, Jeremiah the prophet was proclaiming that he could not remain quiet. Jeremiah stated that he was exhausted, and the word of the Lord God was in his heart like a burning fire shut up in his bones, and he was exhausted and could no longer fail to proclaim to his fellow Israelites in Jerusalem and the rest of the southern nation of Judah in the Promised Land the messages that the Lord God revealed to him. Jeremiah, Simon Peter and John were Israelites, descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Elihu was possibly descended from Nahor and Milcah, and Nahor and Milcah's son Buz. Abraham, Sarah and Nahor were siblings, and Milcah was their niece. Nahor and Milcah's great-granddaughter Leah became Jacob's 1st wife. Approximately 1,900 years after Judah was born to Jacob and Leah, Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Job 1:1-2:13, 32:1-42:17, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-8:4
Reference Information:
sottish = sekalim = sakal/cakal = silly, fool
standard = nes/nasas = signal, sign
Reference Scripture:
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.-Genesis 1:2