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4. Jeremiah Our Goal T o read the book of Jeremiah, is to take a journey, a spiritual journey that goes back and forth from the lowest depths of human depravity to the heights and grandeur and majesty of the Lord— the Lord who, from those heights, cries out to all of us: Mi-yittan that such a heart would be in you!

5. Jeremiah Contents 1 The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah 2 The Crisis Within and Without 3 The Last Five Kings of Judah 4 Rebuke and Retribution 5 More Woes for the Prophet 6 Symbolic Acts 7 The Crisis Continues 8 Josiah’s Reform 9 Jeremiah’s Yoke 10 The Destruction of Jerusalem 11 The Covenant 12 Back to Egypt 13 Lessons From Jeremiah

6. Jeremiah Lesson 5, October 31 Jeremiah Lesson 5, October 31 More Woes for the Prophet

7. The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah Key Text Jeremiah 20:7 “ ‘ O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocked me.’ ”

8. More Woes for the Prophet Quick Look 1. Woes From Judah (Jeremiah 20:2) 2. Woes From Himself (Jeremiah 20:9-18) 3. Woes From God (Jeremiah 18:7-10)

9. More Woes for the Prophet Initial Words A nyone who has has followed the Lord will learn that being a believer in Jesus and seeking to do His will do not guarantee an easy passage through life. “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Tim. 3:12, NKJV). Jeremiah seemed to forget it and instead focused only on his woes.

10. More Woes for the Prophet 1. Woes From Judah Jeremiah 20:2 NKJV he “ T hen Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.”

11. 1. Woes From Judah Godless Priests and Prophets B oth the priests and prophets were “godless,” an incredible irony considering that the priests were to be representatives of God, and the prophets to be spokesmen for Him. There is the apostasy of the spiritual leaders; they also lead others to do evil “so that no one turns back from his wickedness” (Jer. 23:14, NKJV).

12. 1. Woes From Judah Godless Priests and Prophets In every way, the nation had fallen from the Lord. So much of the Bible, records the Lord seeking to call His wayward people back. That is, despite all these evils, and more, He was willing to forgive them, heal them, and even restore them. But if they refused, what else could be done?

13. 1. Woes From Judah Jeremiah in the Stocks The job of the prophets has always been to convey God’s message, not to count how many people accept or reject it. Pashur was especially offended. Using his position, Pashur made the mistake of punishing the messenger. He had Jeremiah beaten according to the law (Deut. 25:1–3) and

14. 1. Woes From Judah Jeremiah in the Stocks locked him up in stocks. This painful and humiliating experience didn’t stop Jeremiah from continuing to give his prophecy against Judea but specifically against Pashur and his family. The fate of Pashur and his family would be a horrifying example to all who would see them in the chains of captivity.

15. More Woes for the Prophet 2. Woes From Himself Jeremiah 20:9-18 NKJV “ ‘ B ut His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.... Cursed is the day in which I was born!... Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days be consumed with shame?’ ”

16. 2. Woes From Himself A Fire in His Bones J eremiah’s harsh words to Pashur and the nation (Jer. 20:4–6) weren’t his own; they were not uttered out of his anger at having been locked in the stocks for a day. They were the Lord’s words to him for the people.

17. 2. Woes From Himself A Fire in His Bones What comes after, though, comes directly from Jeremiah’s own heart, written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It is the heartfelt cry of a human being who simply doesn’t like the situation he is in and is crying out about it.

18. 2. Woes From Himself A Fire in His Bones His words at first seem almost blasphemous. Why he would say that the Lord had deceived him when, right from the start, the Lord had warned him that he was going to face fierce opposition. Nevertheless, he complains, “Whenever I speak, all I am speaking is ‘violence and destruction.’ No wonder people are against me.”

19. 2. Woes From Himself A Fire in His Bones He would have liked to have given up and stopped preaching, but God’s word was like a fire in his heart and a fire in his bones. What a powerful metaphor of someone who knew his calling and, despite the personal pain, was going to follow that calling no matter what.

20. 2. Woes From Himself “Cursed Be the Day” The Bible does not gloss over human foibles and weaknesses. Few Bible characters whose lives are presented in any detail in the Bible come away without their weaknesses and faults exposed. This goes even for the prophets.

21. 2. Woes From Himself “Cursed Be the Day” Though Jeremiah had the assurance that he was doing God’s will and the assurance that the Lord was with him, at this point the pain of his present situation consumed him. Whatever his intellectual understanding of what the truth was, for now it was overshadowed by his own sorrows.

22. 2. Woes From Himself “Cursed Be the Day” Many people find themselves in a similar situation: they know all the promises of God, but they are so overwhelmed by sorrow and pain that these promises are pushed into the background, and all they can focus on is their immediate suffering. This is an understandable reaction; it doesn’t mean it’s a correct one, but it is understandable.

23. More Woes for the Prophet 3. Woes From God Jeremiah 18:7-10 NKJV “ ‘ T he instant I speak concerning a nation...to destroy it, if that nation...turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster.... And the instant I speak concerning a nation...to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight...then I will relent concerning the good....’ ”

24. 3. Woes From God Conditional Prophecy D espite all the evil, the Lord was still willing to give people a chance to repent. We see the grace of God being offered to those who will accept it. Even now, they still had time to turn around, despite all that they had done. We can see the conditionality of many prophecies: God says that He will bring punishment.

25. 3. Woes From God Conditional Prophecy But if the people repent, He will not do what He said He would do. What He will do is conditional, depending upon how the people respond. Why would God do anything else? He would not admonish the people to turn from their evil ways and then still bring punishment upon them if they repented and turned from their evil ways.

26. More Woes for the Prophet Final Words W hen unfair and unjust sufferings and trials come, we don’t have to be left alone with a sense of meaning- lessness and purposelessness. We can know something of the ultimate hope God offers us, no matter how dismal the present is, and from this knowledge—and hope—we can draw strength.

27. More Woes for the Prophet “Deceived” in the Memory Text “thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived” (King James Version) English Standard Version Revised Standard Version New American Standard Bible New International Version 21st Century King James Version

28. More Woes for the Prophet “Deceived” in the Memory Text “thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded” (American Standard Version) “You induced me, and I was persuaded” (New King James Version) “You have enticed me, and I was enticed” (New Revised Standard Version)

29. More Woes for the Prophet “Deceived” in the Memory Text “Thou hast induced me, and I was induced” (Orthodox Jewish Bible) “You fooled me, Adonai; I have been your dupe” (Complete Jewish Bible) Fooled and duped are synonyms of deceived.

30. More Woes for the Prophet “Deceived” in the Memory Text “Thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived” (Revised Standard Version) “You have enticed me, and I was enticed” (New Revised Standard Version) From deceived to enticed (persuaded).

31. More Woes for the Prophet “Deceived” in the Memory Text “thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived” (King James Version) “You induced me, and I was persuaded” (New King James Version) From deceived to induced/persuaded