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1 | Why is Jeremiah as the weeping prophet | Jer 18:6 | melintillman | 209266 | ||
Why is Jeremiah known as the weeping prophet? | ||||||
2 | Why is Jeremiah as the weeping prophet | Jer 18:6 | writteninthebook | 209267 | ||
Jeremiah has been called “the weeping prophet” because he shed many tears over the sins of his people. My thoughts are that the above verse is key in understanding Jeremiah's message to his people. Another passage in Jeremiah sets forth the important message in the book: In chapter 2, verses 12 and 13, the revealed word points out that God’s people had committed two sins. One, they had forsaken God, “the fountain of living waters.” and Two, they had hewn out for themselves “cisterns - broken cisterns - that cannot hold water.” God is like a fountain of living water, or a spring that continuously brings forth an abundant supply of pure water. In other words, He is a constant source of blessings. However, a cistern has no water supply of its own, but is only a storage place for water that is from another source. A broken cistern would hold no water at all. One of Jeremiah's main concerns was that the people of Judah were trusting in idols. These idols were not living, and therefore could offer no blessings. The people trusted in their own wisdom and strength. They did not understand that the only wisdom and strength to be found came from God. They also felt secure in their alliances with heathen nations to protect them. But these nations had no power that God did not give to them. So then all the things that the people of Judah trusted in were empty, just like broken cisterns. Judah had rejected the true God who alone could bless them. In God’s place they trusted in other things which could bring nothing! To expound on the above verse, then, I would like to point out how a potter throws his clay on a wheel. As the potter works, if he comes across a flaw, it is necessary to remove the flaw and start over, after reforming the lump of clay. This is how God likes to deal with us, breaking us down so He will have a fresh base with which to work But, if the potter finds an awful flaw as he is working, when the clay is too hardened for the potter to reform into a lump that he can work freshly with, as in the hardened hearts of our ancestors in the wilderness, the only thing left to do is throw the clay out into the field where it is broken into shards, and left to be trampled by men. This is in stark contrast with the pavement that we, as reformed clay vessels will be walking on when we reach heaven, which is called streets paved in gold |
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3 | Why is Jeremiah as the weeping prophet | Jer 18:6 | skccab | 209279 | ||
Shalom Written, Very nice study on the water and cisterns. Thank you. Cheri |
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4 | Why is Jeremiah as the weeping prophet | Jer 18:6 | Paul Birston | 209281 | ||
JER 9:1 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! JER 9:18 "And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears, And our eyelids flow with water. JER 13:17 But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive. JER 14:17 "And you will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound. JER 31:16 Thus says the LORD, "Restrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded," declares the LORD, "And they shall return from the land of the enemy. LAM 1:2 She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. LAM 2:11 My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth, Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city. LAM 2:18 Their heart cried out to the Lord, "O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief; Let your eyes have no rest. |
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