The people cry out in distress. They want what they used to have. “Restore us O Lord” but it isn’t in repentance; or at least not at first. This is the last of the laments that are recorded. This one certainly didn’t come from Jeremiah’s lips but it may have been spoken repeatedly in his […]
Famine has taken a great toll on the people of Judah. They wasted away as their punishment from the Lord. And it followed them wherever they went until God’s wrath was spent. In our passage today, I see the children. I see their little bodies wracked with hunger and pain. Malnutrition was part of their […]
Jeremiah has done everything God has asked him to. He has suffered greatly for it but he hasn’t given up. “Your faithfulness stands forever O Lord!” For more than 40 years, Jeremiah spoke to the people on God’s behalf. Seldom did ANY of them listen. If fact, they wee downright hostile to him for his […]
Jerusalem is laid waste because of His anger. Because of Israel’s sin, the hand of the Lord has weighed heavy. None escape His anger. One theme that runs through our reading is that God did all this without mercy. God punished Israel and Judah according to their deeds, WITHOUT mercy. After SO long of searching […]
Jeremiah cries, laments, for Jerusalem. He depicts her as a woman who mourns all that she has, and is, going through in the judgment of the Lord. I used to be certain that I had read my bible completely through at least once, but I don’t recall reading the cry of Jerusalem’s heart. Of course, […]