JEREMIAH 19:1 TO JEREMIAH 20:6. THE EARTHENWARE FLASK; JEREMIAH IN THE
STOCKS. This section seems to be editorially grouped with the last
because of the further reference to pottery; the original prophecy may
have been expanded in Jeremiah 19:3 by a later writer. It seems more
natural to date these... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET'S TROUBLES, HOPES, AND DARK DESPAIR. In passionate protest
against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related)
Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the work of a
prophet, only that he may incur bitter shame, and suffer violence. Yet
the inner compulsion of... [ Continue Reading ]