I. Summary
Yahweh will punish Judah no matter what. Jeremiah asks Yahweh to save him from the people and Yahweh acquiesces.
II. Photo
Yawheh will not forgive: “Their widows shall be more numerous than the sands of the seas!” (v. 8)
III. Select Verses
1: The LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were to intercede with Me, I would not be won over to that people. Dismiss them from My presence, and let them go forth!
2: And if they ask you, ‘To what shall we go forth?’ answer them, ‘Thus said the LORD: Those destined for the plague, to the plague; Those destined for the sword, to the sword; Those destined for famine, to famine; Those destined for captivity, to captivity.
4: I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, on account of King Manasseh son of Hezekiah of Judah, and of what he did in Jerusalem.’”
17-18: I have not sat in the company of revelers And made merry! I have sat lonely because of Your hand upon me, For You have filled me with gloom. Why must my pain be endless, My wound incurable, Resistant to healing? You have been to me like a spring that fails, Like waters that cannot be relied on.
IV. Outline
1-4. Yahweh will not forgive
1a. Introduction
1b. Even Moses or Samuel could not save Israel
2-3. Lists of punishments
4. Rationale: Manasseh’s deeds in Jerusalem
5-9. Yahweh’s lament
5. Nobody will pity Jerusalem
6. Yahweh must act
7-9. Punishments: death, exile, shame
10-18. Jeremiah’s lament
10. Complaint: the people curse Jeremiah
12-14. Yahweh will spare some from the enemy
15. Petition to be saved
16-17. Affirmation of loyalty
18. Complaint about pain
19-21. Yahweh’s Response
19-20. The people will return to Jeremiah
21. Jeremiah will be saved
V. Comment
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VI. Works Used
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