Daily Tanach Monday 7th Tishreiy Sefer Yirmiyah Chapter 5 Part 2: Visions of Wrath and Redemption

Denial and False Prophecy

• Israel and Judah have dealt treacherously, denying Hashem and claiming no evil will befall them.
• Prophets become wind, with no speech in them.
• Hashem places His words as fire in the prophet’s mouth, and the people shall be wood—it shall consume them.

🌍 A Nation from Afar

• Hashem brings a mighty, ancient nation whose language is unknown.
• Their quiver is like an open grave; they are mighty men.
• They will devour harvests, children, flocks, cities—with the sword.
• Yet Hashem will not make a complete end.

🛐 Reason for Judgment

• When asked why Hashem has done this, the answer: “As you have forsaken Me and worshipped foreign Hashems… so shall you serve strangers in a land not yours.”

👂 Foolishness and Lack of Fear

• The people are foolish, without understanding—eyes that see not, ears that hear not.
• Hashem reminds them of His power: He set sand as a boundary for the sea.
• Yet the people have a revolting, rebellious heart and turned away.

🌧️ Ingratitude and Sin

• They do not fear Hashem who gives early and latter rain and keeps harvest laws.
• Their iniquities have brought these judgments; sins have withheld good.

🕳️ Deceit and Exploitation

• Wicked men lie in wait like traps, ambushes catching people.
• Their houses are full of deceit—thus they grow rich and fat.
• They do not plead for the orphan or judge the poor rightly.

😱 Appalling Corruption

• Hashem again asks: “Shall I not punish for these?”
• An appalling and horrible thing has occurred: false prophecy, corrupt priesthood, and the people love it so.
• The haunting question: “What shall you do in the end thereof?”