Coffee Mug Christianity - Jeremiah 29:11

Context Matters

Who Is Jeremiah speaking to?

To the remaining exiled elders, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon.

What is their circumstance?

They are exiled to Babylon.

What did this mean to the audience then?

What the prophets (Jeremiah) had said would happen is happening.

They’re going to be there a while.

What the passage does not mean:

God’s people won’t ever struggle

God’s people won’t hurt

What the passage does mean