YHWH'S RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH'S PLEA IS OF THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY AND AWFULNESS OF THE COMING JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH 15:1). In the face of Jeremiah's plea YHWH now makes clear that nothing can now stop His judgment from coming. Even though those two great intercessors Moses and Samuel were to pray for the... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH GRIEVES OVER HIS UNHAPPY SITUATION AND THE EFFECT THAT IT IS HAVING ON HIS MOTHER (JEREMIAH 15:10). Jeremiah 15:10 ‘Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me, Every one of them... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH TOO FEELS THAT HE HAS BEEN BORN TO AFFLICTION AND STRIFE BUT IS COMFORTED BY YHWH AS HE OUTLINES THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD, INCLUDING THE INVASION FROM THE NORTH (JEREMIAH 15:10). The thought of the mothers who have borne their sons only for them to die turns Jeremiah's thoughts to his own... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH RESPONDS BY ASSURING HIM THAT HE IS WATCHING OVER HIM FOR GOOD FOR HE AND HIS REMNANT ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE (JEREMIAH 15:11). YHWH's response is to encourage him by pointing out what He is doing through him, and what the future holds for him. He will act on his behalf ‘for good'. There is... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT JEREMIAH IS TO RECOGNISE THAT HIS PRAYERS WILL NOT ALTER WHAT MUST INEVITABLY HAPPEN AND THE TOTAL DESOLATION OF JUDAH (JEREMIAH 15:12). Jeremiah 15:12 “Can one break iron, Even iron from the north, and bronze?” But their supplication to Jeremiah would be in vain, because the future was alrea... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIVATE DEALINGS BETWEEN JEREMIAH AND YHWH (JEREMIAH 15:15). In this passage where he is wrestling with self-doubt Jeremiah stresses that he has been faithful to God's word (Jeremiah 15:16) and God's ways (Jeremiah 15:17) and reminds Him of the loneliness that he has endured in serving Him (Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]