Jer 9:23-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 9:23-24: 9:23-24 This short poem discusses the nature of true wisdom. 9:23 Intellectuals might boast about the knowledge they have accumulated. The king and his royal court might flaunt their power with pomp and ceremony. Wealthy merchants might display their riches by wearing splendid clothes and constructing majestic buildings. All of these would be destroyed at the time of God’s judgment.

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‏ Jeremiah 9:23-24

Summary for Jer 9:23-24: 9:23-24 ^a This short poem discusses the nature of true wisdom. 9:23 ^b Intellectuals might boast about the knowledge they have accumulated. The king and his royal court might flaunt their power with pomp and ceremony. Wealthy merchants might display their riches by wearing splendid clothes and constructing majestic buildings. All of these would be destroyed at the time of God’s judgment.
9:24 ^c The Lord would recognize just one kind of boast—the testimony of persons who truly know and understand that the Lord is the one true God (1 Cor 1:31 ^d; 2 Cor 10:17 ^e).

• unfailing love: This key covenant term (Hebrew khesed) carries the basic meaning of passionate loyalty. It is often undeserved, and the word may be translated as “mercy,” “grace,” “kindness,” or love. It is the Old Testament equivalent of the New Testament affirmation that “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8 ^f).

• righteousness: God deals with his people on an ethical, moral level. He does what is right in every situation.

• I delight in these things: God does not find joy in bringing vicious sinners to judgment and then punishing them. Rather, he actively seeks to redeem sinners.