_A DREAD UNCERTAINTY_ ‘It may be.’ Jeremiah 36:3; Jeremiah 36:7 The words tell of an awful uncertainty as to the future of the chosen people. Will they repent? ‘It may be——’ Let us recognise— I. THE EVEN BALANCE.—Could anything be more soul-stirring than to realise that a crisis so momentous h... [ Continue Reading ]
_A DREAD UNCERTAINTY_ ‘It may be.’ Jeremiah 36:3; Jeremiah 36:7 The words tell of an awful uncertainty as to the future of the chosen people. Will they repent? ‘It may be——’ Let us recognise— I. THE EVEN BALANCE.—Could anything be more soul-stirring than to realise that a crisis so momentous h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOK_ ‘All the roll was consumed.’ Jeremiah 36:23 We often think the books of the prophets very dry reading; if we studied them more we should find in them incidents and scenes as interesting and suggestive as this. One point only I remind you of now. I. THIS IS THE FIRST INS... [ Continue Reading ]
_A FOOLISH BRAVERY_ ‘They were not afraid.’ Jeremiah 36:24 Jehoiakim is king in Jerusalem. The best of fathers he had—the devout, true-hearted Josiah; but this Jehoiakim turned out to be the worst of sons. Against God, King Jehoiakim used his power. And the badness in the lifted places struck inf... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘BURNED, BUT NOT CONSUMED’_ ‘Take thee again another roll.’ Jeremiah 36:28 God laid it upon Jeremiah’s heart to gather his prophecies into a single roll. For this work the prophet employed Baruch, a man whose business gifts we have already heard of (Jeremiah 32:12). It may be that Jeremiah, like... [ Continue Reading ]