Among the possible reasons for this are that the arrangement came from those who collected and assembled Jeremiahs scrolls and messages during the confusing time following the fall of Jerusalem. For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children and have no understanding. omnes amici ejus spreverunt eam, et facti sunt ei inimici. The second exile occurred at the end of Jehoiachins short three-month reign as King of Judah. luxitque antemurale, et murus pariter dissipatus est. et prvaricationis, omnium desiderabilium suorum, qu habuerat a diebus antiquis, There was still loss, and great at that. Your only hope is that some other event calls the enemy away before the siege engines are finally built. Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those reared in purple embrace ash pits (Lamentations 4:4, 5). 'Jeremiah lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem' was created by Salomon Koninck in Baroque style. The first, second, fourth, and fifth laments are each composed of twenty-two verses, to correspond with the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet; the third lament is made up of three times twenty-two verses. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae. Chapter 2 changes the situation for the author. On that day, at least, he could find no one. He did not speak to them directly, but rather wrote letters. Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, oil on oak wood painting by Rembrandt, c. 1630. 4:2 BETH. 1:5 HE. It is important to remember that it is the Lord's mercies that are new every morning. If Christ Himself designated His death as the destruction of a temple, "he spoke of the temple of his body" (John 2:19-21), then the Church surely has a right to pour out her grief over His death in those Lamentations which were sung over the ruins of the temple destroyed by the sins of the nation. He may be bringing some measure of tribulation our way. There are several possibilities to account for this reversal. Behold, I, even I, have seen it, declares the Lord (Jeremiah 7:9-11). "Restore us to Thee, O LORD, that we may be restored. Since Jeremiahs career began in the 13th year of Josiahs reign and continued for an unspecified period beyond the fall of Jerusalem, we can infer a career lasting for more than 40 years. Doing so, and getting rid of . Beyond that, however, people will not be able to keep themselves clean, their utensils clean, their clothes clean, or anything clean. 315 Gleason L. Archer, The Relationship Between the Septuagint Translation and the Massoretic Text in Jeremiah, Trin 12:2 (Fall 1991): 139-50. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum. Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her doom; New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 1:9 TETH. It is okay to remember. Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched. It would seem that for every outpouring of wrath on men, there is a remnant that is rescued. And so the population of the cities increased overnight. For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Lamentations begins with one pithy statement that seems to tell it all. The second will cover the fall of Jerusalem and the Book of Lamentations. Anonymous, . 3:23 HETH. Fuel: Except for fresh vegetables, fruit, and nuts, most of the food people eat requires cooking. The worship of idols involved child sacrifice. If the children of Israel obeyed, there would be the blessings of prosperity, health, and safety. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. Because of the previous exiles, the Lord had created a place for the ones who came during and after the devastating times. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return to the Lord thy God. How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! Much of this, of course, might lend itself to solving the fuel problem, and there will be no wasted food to throw out. In the first, second, and fourth elegies each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the letters following in order, as the first verse begins with ALEPH, the second with BETH etc. To a man like Jeremiah, the day on which Jerusalem became a heap of ruins was not only a day of national misfortune, for, in a religious sense, Jerusalem had a peculiar importance in the history of salvation, as the footstool of Jahweh and as the scene of the revelation of God and of the Messias. The Lords lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. Many hold that Jeremiah wrote Lamentations, and that is certainly possible. With whom have You dealt thus? Jeremiah had a ministry of words, and yet those words meant the plucking up and dislocation of people, the breaking down of culture and society, the destruction of cities, the overthrow of kings, the building of new communities, and the planting of new hope. He was also to lay the city even with the ground, and to transplant the people into Babylon. The Lord used these first two waves to prepare homes and a reception for the final devastated group at the end of Nebuchadnezzars Jerusalem campaign. Things are not what you expected. I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth? This, of course, meant exile and the loss of home. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!, The Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people. For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can restore you? The first 19 chapters contain messages of judgment that progress with increasing intensity. The author of Lamentations uses subtle literary devices to underpin his message. 2. These situations have a compensating good that we can expect to receive for our pain. This is especially true in the first 19 chapters. abjecerunt in terram capita sua virgines Jerusalem. The Septuagint contains just 80% of the material that the Massoretic text contains, and it has a different arrangement of that material.315 Perhaps this was due to a Babylonian vs. Egyptian compilation. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. No prophet had a tougher assignment than Jeremiah, for it fell to him to proclaim and oversee the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem; and although the opposition against him and his message was unrelenting, he stayed on message for over 40 years. . Jeremiah told him: Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive. Moses and others interceded with the Lord on behalf of His people to turn away from judgment and show mercy. The Lord both remembers and visits to bring hope. One can imagine that Jeremiahs material underwent different treatment in the two places. Sordes eius in pedibus eius: nec recordata est finis sui. as their life is poured out on their mothers' bosom. For Jeremiah, the word from the Lord was. Jeremiah 44:11 Verse Concepts (1969). The Lord commanded Hosea to marry a prostitute. During the siege, even the people in those towns would come into the city seeking shelter. and say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potters vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial. Sed et lami nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt catulos suos: princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo. [1] 1:8 HETH. Lamentations last chapter is a national appeal. That is why we always look to the return of our Savior and the new age that He will create. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return to the Lord your God. Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem Imagine preaching for 40 years and no one listens. But the message in him burned like a fire until he could not help but speak. And if we are going to help our own generation, our perspective must be that of Jeremiah, that weeping prophet Rembrandt so magnificently pictured weeping over Jerusalem, yet in the midst of his tears speaking without mitigating his message of judgment to a people who had had so much yet turned away.318. 5:1 Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis; intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum. van Rijn, Dutch (active Leiden and Amsterdam), 1606 - 1669 BIBLE TEXT Jeremiah 20:7-18 SUMMARY Jeremiah's most poignant lament is related to personal questions about his calling, particularly in view of the people's rejection of his words. , . 1:3 , , . Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, We are delivered! that you may do all these abominations? What was to happen to them? 3:9 GHIMEL. 1:1 ALEPH. Josiah was killed in battle against the Egyptians. To what shall I liken you as I comfort you. He said to me, Son of man, now dig through the wall. So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance. Jeremiahs audience would be hostile, but his message had to carry on till the end. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum. Early in his reign, Nebuchadnezzar took captive many in the court (Daniel 1:1). . , , , . Jerusalem, Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum. the foe gloated over her, mocking at her downfall. He is at Ground Zero in Jerusalem, his home city is gone, his people are gone, he has seen inexpressible horrors, and he knows that the Lord did it! The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time. Among those taken were Daniel and his friends. She weeps bitterly in the night, tears on her cheeks; It would look something like the following: Alas the city that was full of people sits alone . quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.
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