Provide no atonement for their iniquity, Nor blot out their sin from Your sight But let them be overthrown before You. Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel Which is against me, to slay me. Let a cry be heard from their houses, When You bring a troop suddenly upon them For they have dug a pit to take me, And hidden snares for my feet. Let their men be put to death, Their young men be slain By the sword in battle. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And pour out their blood By the force of the sword Let their wives become widows And bereaved of their children. Remember that I stood before You To speak good for them, To turn away Your wrath from them. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.’ Give heed to me, O Lord, And listen to the voice of those who contend with me! Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Bring on them the day of doom, And destroy them with double destruction!” Jeremiah 18:18-23 reads, “Then they said, ‘Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet.

Let them be ashamed who persecute me, But do not let me be put to shame Let them be dismayed, But do not let me be dismayed.

Do not be a terror to me You are my hope in the day of doom. Indeed they say to me, ‘Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!’ As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You, Nor have I desired the woeful day You know what came out of my lips It was right there before You. How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, “He will not see our final end.” Jeremiah 17:14-18 reads, “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter. But You, O Lord, know me You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root They grow, yes, they bear fruit. But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.’ But, O Lord of hosts, You who judge righteously, Testing the mind and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have revealed my cause.” Jeremiah 12:1-4 reads, “Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Jeremiah 11:18-20 reads, “Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it for You showed me their doings. We know more about Jeremiah personally than we do of any other prophet because there are so many personal references in his prophecy.”īible scholars refer to the “Confessions of Jeremiah” (Jeremiah 11, 12, 17, 18, 20). William Sanford LaSor (1911-1991) writes, “Jeremiah is often described as the ‘weeping prophet.’ As a matter of fact, his name has given us a word in the English language, ‘jeremiad’ which means ‘a tale of woe,’ or sorrow or disappointment. Jeremiah was called from his mother’s womb according to Jeremiah 1:4-5, “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you Before you were born I sanctified you I ordained you a prophet to the nations.’” One commentator explains the following about Jeremiah 1:6-19, “Jeremiah was delivered from his own weakness and the blight of self-conscious insufficiency.” Scripture reveals Jeremiah experienced discouragement, depression, and desperation. Like a lone soldier defending his post at all costs, Jeremiah bravely stood up to kings, princes, priests, and prophets.” Yes, he brooded and more than once he thought about quitting, but he always bounced back with the fire of God’s words blazing in his bones. Jeremiah succeeded where many fail: He never quit. Reapsome, former editor of World Pulse and Evangelical Missions Quarterly, shares, “I once heard the prophet Jeremiah described as a ‘successful failure’. The secret of Jeremiah’s steadfastness is a remarkable thing! Rev.

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