9/11/2023 0 Comments Cult of the lamb god tear![]() Their rejection of God and devotion to the lie made all that came upon them deserved.ī. In the depth of his grief, he still could not forget they deserved this calamity. It is significant to remember that this comes at the conclusion of a section where Jeremiah desperately lamented the fall and exile of Judah (Jeremiah 8:18-9:6). ![]() Their bent tongues sent forth arrows of lies. They lied with forethought, with skill, with power, with intent. Like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies: Jeremiah vividly described how given to deception the leaders and people of Judah were. Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the LORD.Ī. Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit They weary themselves to commit iniquity. ![]() They have taught their tongue to speak lies They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.Īnd every neighbor will walk with slanderers. “And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. (3-6) Judah given over to deception and lies. “The Hebrew word seret (‘crowd’) is used for solemn assemblies on pilgrimage feasts.” (Feinberg) 2. An assembly of treacherous men: This was something like saying, a congregation of treacherous men. “Even a lonely lodging in the desert was preferable to the soul anguish he experienced in the midst of his people.” (Feinberg) For him the wilderness is preferable to the degradation of city life.” (Harrison) “From the image of continuous weeping like a perennial spring, Jeremiah passes to that of a person anxious to escape the corruption. He wanted to leave his people and get away from the corruptions of Jerusalem and Judah. Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers that I might leave my people, and go from them! Jeremiah was filled with sorrow over the coming judgment upon Judah, but he was also filled with a sense of disgust over their sin. “Such waters will be turned into wine, at the wedding-day of the Lamb for which purpose also they are kept safe in God’s bottle (Psalm 56:8).” (Trapp)ī. ![]() Because there was something tender and sympathetic about Jeremiah’s tears, they were good. Continuing that thought, he poetically expressed the idea that he didn’t have enough tears or time to adequately express his grief over the slain of the daughter of my people. Oh, that my head were waters: In the close of the previous chapter, Jeremiah lamented Judah, as he prophetically saw them conquered and exiled. (1-2) Not enough tears.įor the slain of the daughter of my people!Ī. The continued lament over Judah in exile. ![]()
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