JEREMIAH'S ACTIONS PRODUCE A VIOLENT RESPONSE FROM THE RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES, RESULTING IN JEREMIAH PROPHESYING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIS ADVERSARIES BECAUSE OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR (JEREMIAH 20:1). The response to Jeremiah's words was instantaneous and violent. He was arrested by the Temple authorities,... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH IS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE BERATES YHWH AND POINTS OUT HOW TOUGH HE IS FINDING THINGS, AND YET HE ADMITS THAT HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BECAUSE YHWH'S WORD IS LIKE A BURNING FIRE WITHIN HIM, AND HE FINISHES ON A NOTE OF PRAISE BECAUSE HE IS AWARE THAT YHWH IS HIS SUPPORT... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH CURSES THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH (JEREMIAH 20:14). This passage closes off the section with a heart rending call by Jeremiah that the day of his birth be cursed, along with all who assisted in ensuring his survival, on the grounds that it would have been better for him to have been left in the... [ Continue Reading ]