Beneath the noise of war and politics, the shout of the King is rising over Israel.
וּתְרוּעַת הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ
There is a sound arising in this generation.
It is not merely the sound of politics, armies, protests, fear, war, or human opinion. Beneath all the noise of the nations there is another sound: the shout of the King.
וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּוֹ
U’teruat Melech bo
“The shout, the blast, of the King is among them.”
Numbers / במדבר 23:21
This is more than poetic language. The Hebrew word תְּרוּעָה, teruah, describes a shout, an alarm, a battle cry, or the blast of the shofar.
It announces something. The King is here.
הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ!
“The King is in our midst!”
תְּרוּעַת הַמֶּלֶךְ נִשְׁמַעַת בְּתוֹכֵנוּ!
“The shout of the King is being heard among us!”
We are entering a season in which Elohim is awakening hearts. It is a season of revelation, repentance, restoration, and love.
And one revelation desperately needed in this hour is this: Israel must discover again how deeply she is loved.
Many Israelis feel alone.
After war, terrorism, international accusation, antisemitism, political pressure, loss, bereavement, and endless arguments about Israel’s very right to exist, an entire generation can begin to wonder: Has everyone abandoned us?
Jeremiah answers that question.
Everlasting Love
אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם
מֵרָחוֹק יְהוָה נִרְאָה לִי
וְאַהֲבַת עוֹלָם אֲהַבְתִּיךְ
עַל־כֵּן מְשַׁכְתִּיךְ חָסֶד
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:3
Elohim does not say, “I loved Israel until Israel failed.” He says: אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם אֲהַבְתִּיךְ. I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31 is a chapter of restoration. Israel has known scattering, judgment, tears, war, and exile, but the story does not end there. Elohim speaks rebuilding, planting, dancing, vineyards, return, forgiveness, covenant, and restoration.
עוֹד אֶבְנֵךְ וְנִבְנֵית בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
“Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:4
Notice the word: again.
Israel has been destroyed before. Jerusalem has been conquered before. The Jewish people have been scattered before. But Elohim says, “Again I will build you.”
Human empires write periods where Elohim writes commas.
He Who Scattered Israel Will Gather Israel
Then Elohim commands something remarkable. He tells the nations to proclaim His purpose concerning Israel.
שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה גּוֹיִם
וְהַגִּידוּ בָאִיִּים מִמֶּרְחָק
וְאִמְרוּ מְזָרֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל יְקַבְּצֶנּוּ
וּשְׁמָרוֹ כְּרֹעֶה עֶדְרוֹ
“Hear the word of Adonai, O nations, and declare it in the distant coastlands: He who scattered Israel will gather him and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:10
The nations are not commanded to erase Israel. They are commanded to recognize what Elohim is doing with Israel.
The same Elohim who permitted scattering promises gathering. The same Elohim who disciplined promises restoration. The same Elohim who watched Israel leave the Land declares that Israel will return.
And the nations are told to announce it.
That gives believers among the nations a tremendous responsibility. The Kehilah should not stand against Elohim’s restoration of Israel. The Kehilah should recognize it, pray for it, participate in it, and declare the faithfulness of Elohim.
Rachel Is Weeping, But There Is Hope
Jeremiah then takes us into one of Scripture’s most painful images.
קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע
נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים
רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל־בָּנֶיהָ
“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel is weeping for her children.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:15
Israel knows this sound. Mothers crying. Parents waiting. Families standing beside graves. Communities receiving terrible news.
But Elohim does not leave Rachel in verse 15.
מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי וְעֵינַיִךְ מִדִּמְעָה
וְיֵשׁ־תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ
וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים לִגְבוּלָם
“Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears… There is hope for your future… and your children shall return to their own border.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:16–17
יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה. There is hope.
Israel’s story is not ultimately a story of death. It is a story of resurrection.
The New Covenant
Then Jeremiah reaches one of the most important prophetic promises in Scripture.
הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה
וְכָרַתִּי אֶת־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה
בְּרִית חֲדָשָׁה
“Behold, days are coming, declares Adonai, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:31
The Hebrew phrase is בְּרִית חֲדָשָׁה, Brit Chadashah, New Covenant.
The New Covenant does not appear from nowhere in the writings of the emissaries. Its prophetic foundation is here, spoken first concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
And Elohim describes the transformation:
נָתַתִּי אֶת־תּוֹרָתִי בְּקִרְבָּם
וְעַל־לִבָּם אֶכְתֲבֶנָּה
“I will put My Torah within them, and I will write it upon their hearts.”
Jeremiah / ירמיהו 31:33
This is not merely external religion. Elohim wants the heart.
Through Messiah Yeshua, forgiveness and reconciliation become living realities, but Elohim is after more than changed terminology. He wants transformed hearts.
Remove the Idols From the Heart
That brings us directly to Ezekiel. The elders of Israel came before the prophet while carrying idols internally.
הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה הֶעֱלוּ גִלּוּלֵיהֶם עַל־לִבָּם
“These men have set up their idols in their hearts.”
Ezekiel / יחזקאל 14:3
An idol does not need to be carved from stone.
Fear can become an idol. Approval can become an idol. Money can become an idol. Political power can become an idol. Reputation can become an idol.
Even ministry can become an idol when protecting the ministry becomes more important than obeying Elohim.
So Elohim says:
שׁוּבוּ וְהָשִׁיבוּ מֵעַל גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם
“Repent and turn away from your idols.”
Ezekiel / יחזקאל 14:6
Before asking Elohim to expose the strongholds outside us, we should allow Him to expose what is inside us.
חָקְרֵנִי אֵל וְדַע לְבָבִי
וּרְאֵה אִם־דֶּרֶךְ־עֹצֶב בִּי
“Search me, O Elohim, and know my heart… and see whether there is any grievous way in me.”
Psalm / תהילים 139:23–24
Pulling Down Strongholds
“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim for pulling down strongholds… bringing every thought into obedience to Messiah.”
2 Corinthians / השנייה אל הקורינתים 10:4–5
The battle is not merely physical. Strongholds can be systems of lies that have occupied the mind for years.
Fear. Pride. Hatred. Shame. Replacement theology. Antisemitism. Hopelessness. Addiction. Bitterness. Unforgiveness. False identity.
The weapons Elohim gives us confront these fortresses with truth.
Every stronghold must come down. Every lie must bow to truth. Every thought must come into obedience to Messiah.
Worship Is Warfare
King Jehoshaphat understood something extraordinary. When Judah faced an overwhelming enemy, he sent worshipers ahead.
הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ
“Give thanks to Adonai, for His lovingkindness endures forever.”
2 Chronicles / דברי הימים ב׳ 20:21
They worshiped before they saw victory. They praised before circumstances changed. They declared Elohim’s faithfulness while the enemy was still visible.
And in another dramatic deliverance, 185,000 of the Assyrian forces were struck down in one night.
וַיַּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר מֵאָה שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אָלֶף
“He struck in the camp of Assyria one hundred and eighty-five thousand.”
2 Kings / מלכים ב׳ 19:35
Different battle, same truth: victory ultimately belongs to Elohim.
Restoring the Tabernacle of David
David understood worship not as background music but as ministry before the presence of Elohim.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת־סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת
“In that day I will raise up the fallen sukkah of David.”
Amos / עמוס 9:11
The restored Tabernacle of David speaks of worship, intimacy, intercession, and the presence of the King.
The Kehilah needs this again.
Not performance. Not entertainment. Presence. Not spectators. Worshipers. Not merely songs about Elohim, but a people standing before Elohim.
Watching Daily at His Gates
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם שֹׁמֵעַ לִי
לִשְׁקֹד עַל־דַּלְתֹתַי יוֹם יוֹם
כִּי מֹצְאִי מָצָא חַיִּים
“Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates… for whoever finds me finds life.”
Proverbs / משלי 8:34–35
This awakening is not built merely on conferences or moments of excitement. It is built by people who watch daily.
Pray daily. Worship daily. Repent daily. Listen daily. Seek daily.
The King Is in Our Midst
So we return to where we began:
וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּוֹ
“The shout of the King is among them.”
Numbers / במדבר 23:21
Israel, you are not abandoned. The King is in our midst.
Believers among the nations, do not merely watch what Elohim is doing in Israel from a distance. Stand with His purposes.
Kehilah, tear down the idols. Pull down the strongholds. Restore worship. Proclaim the New Covenant. Seek Messiah Yeshua. Speak hope over Israel.
Declare to the nations that the One who scattered Israel is gathering Israel.
And when Rachel weeps, remind her:
יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ.
“There is hope for your future.”
When Israel feels forgotten, declare:
וְאַהֲבַת עוֹלָם אֲהַבְתִּיךְ.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.”
When strongholds rise, declare that our weapons are mighty through Elohim for pulling down strongholds.
And when the nations rage, when darkness seems loud, and when fear demands the final word, listen more carefully.
There is another sound.
The shofar is sounding. The worshipers are arising. The watchmen are taking their places. The scattered are being gathered. The broken are being rebuilt. The covenant is being remembered.
The King has not abandoned His people.
הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ!
וּתְרוּעַת הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ!
The King is in our midst. The shout of the King is in our midst.
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