Author Archives: JARoss

Jeremiah 39:2 Two and a half years later, on July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the Babylonians broke through the wall, and the city fell. It took two years for Babylon to break through the walls of Jerusalem. Two years of war. Two years of the people of Jerusalem being shut upContinue reading “I Am Your Walls”

Jeremiah 31:29-30. “The people will no longer quote this proverb: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste.’ All the people will die for their own sins – those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.” There will be difficult times. It hasContinue reading “The Death of the Soul”

Jeremiah 31:29-30. “The people will no longer quote this proverb: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste.’ All the people will die for their own sins – those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.” There will be difficult times. It hasContinue reading “It Has Already Begun”

Isaiah 1:21-23 See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers. Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of themContinue reading “This Is Your Nation”

Isaiah 65:1-3, 5, 17  The Lord says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name.  All day long I opened myContinue reading “And So Your Nation”

Isaiah 47:10-11 “You felt secure in your wickedness. ‘No one sees me,’ you said. But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’ So disaster will overtake you, and you won’t be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you,Continue reading “What Is Coming”

Jeremiah 6:6-8 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Cut down the trees for battering rams. Build siege ramps agains the walls of Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, for she is wicked through and through. She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence andContinue reading “You Have Turned Against Me”

Ezekiel 16:14-15 “I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty,” says the Sovereign Lord. “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own.” This is man’s greatest downfall. The idea that all that he is, all that he knows, all that he is capable of doing – that all of it isContinue reading “Man’s Greatest Downfall”

Ezekiel 16:48-52 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters. Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you haveContinue reading “The Depth of Your Evil”

Ezekiel 16:16-19  “You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen? You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me!Continue reading “Battle Ready”