When we seek him and put our hope in him, he is there. For He does not afflict willingly, Like a lawyer pleading for his client, God pleaded the case for his life. II. God draws near to his suffering saints. For there was an infinitely greater probability that Adam, with the fate of millions committed to his keeping, would have watched diligently against the assaults of temptation, than that any lonely individual of his descendants, left to obey for himself and disobey for himself, should have maintained his allegiance and preserved his fidelity. Much of Jeremiahs poetry concerns itself with the fallen bricks and cracking mortar of the overrun city. As breathing is a proof of animal life, so is prayer, though never so weak, of spiritual. Jeremiah 20:12). (Ellison). Permission Notice: Crossway reserves all the rights for all of the content of the ESV Global Study Bible, including but not limited to all print, electronic, and audio rights. The Psalmist calls upon us to "forget not all God's benefits," and he thus indicates our perpetual danger, a danger which he himself felt, and against which he had to guard his own soul. vi., p. 141.Lamentations 4:22 . S. Martin, Westminster Chapel Pulpit, 1st series, No. Lamentations speaks from within that judgment. 7. [OT LIT: JEREMIAH & LAMENTATIONS] Page 1 of 13 Jeremiah & Lamentations Objectives of this lesson 1. (3) The power of motion and action, and speech, is another mercy which is new every morning. Till the LORD from heaven Please contact us or click here to learn more about how to enable JavaScript on your browser. You have covered Yourself with a cloud, Lamentations provides eyewitness testimony of Babylon's destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC in vivid, poetic detail. 3. They will be new as God makes new the old renovated; the happy associations of an old thing combined with the spring-like delight of a new thing. That day has already occurred in historical events like the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. b. Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul: From formerly feeling forsaken, Jeremiah rested in the confidence that God was his advocate.
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