Jeremiah 41

August 30, 2022

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Jeremiah 41 (NIV)

1 In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king’s officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there, 2 Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian soldiers who were there.........Continue Reading

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  2. Thought Ishmael was a good guy. Must be more than one. Wiping out the kings appointment over the land, but then killing the men of Judah. ?? Certainly seems like anarchy is coming

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  4. It is tough to keep all the names straight in these chapters. And with the transfer of power in the area, the Babylonians needing to rule from afar, and caring more about getting what they have taken from Judah back to Babylon than caring what is happening there, it leaves a vacuum where persons of various interests can come in and do evil. The chapter does represent the kind of anarchy that can exist when there is not a strong enough established power in an area. It is consistent with the anarchy that happens when we try to orchestrate our own lives and figure out what we can and should do. No one seems to be looking for God in this chapter. People just doing what the current circumstances allows and others trying to make things right and execute justice, but to no avail. Without God and His direction, we are just spinning our wheels.

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  5. I thought the same thing as Pastor as I read this chapter that there was no mention of God. This was a lawless time and evil truly was rearing its head through Ishmael and those with him. Sad to see how quickly things can go bad when there is no god and no authority over men.

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  8. This chapter reminds me of the book of Judges. – In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

    I hate to say it, but I am feeling like we are living a little like this right now. I see so many parallels, but I don’t want to get too political. What do a people do when their government disregards the law?

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