Notes On The Prophecy And Lamentations Of Jeremiah

One in an ongoing series of esteemed and popular Bible commentary volumes based on the New International Version text.

Jeremiah and Lamentations tell the story of God's judgment during a bleak period in Judah's history. While painting a vivid picture of human loneliness and suffering, these Old Testament books also reveal the beautiful hope found only in God. This twelve-lesson Bible study begins with a thorough examination of Jeremiah, one of the most autobiographical books in the Bible. By studying the “weeping prophet” and his faithfulness to his calling, who or what you obey will become clearer. The final chapter examines Lamentations, its lyrical style, and the deep sorrow its life-changing lessons convey. Includes: • 12 lessons • Questions for group discussions or personal reflection • Study aids

Excerpt from Jeremiah, and His Lamentations: With Notes, Critical, Explanatory and Practical, Designed for Both Pastors and People The present volume on Jeremiah and his Lamentations concludes the series on the Old Testament prophets. I have appended a special dissertation on the system of opinions on prophecy currently known as the Premillennial Advent of Christ, or, more briefly, Premillennarianism. The merely speculative points of this system I have passed over briefly, but those points which bear with great practical force upon the nature and design of the present gospel age, being thoroughly vital both to Christian faith and to Christian work, I have labored to discuss fundamentally. This Dissertation and these Notes entire on the Old Testament prophecies are now committed to the Christian public in the prayerful hope that they may serve to obviate some misconceptions, to remove some obscurities, to solve some difficulties, to disclose some new beauties, to illustrate for present use some great principles of God's government in time over nations and men, but more especially to bring out the great points of prophetic revelation with a richer practical force - all being made conducive, through the divine blessing, to a more intelligent faith and to more vigorous and effective labor toward the grand results ere long to be realized in the universal diffusion of the gospel and in the triumphs of its truth and love in all the earth. Notes on the writings of Solomon are now in course of preparation, and with the divine favor will constitute the next volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations cannot be separated from the political conditions of ancient Judah. Beginning with the righteous king Josiah, who ushered in a time of glorious but brief religious reform, Jeremiah reflects the close tie between spiritual and political prosperity or disaster, between the actions and heart of Judah and her kings and their fortunes as a nation. While few of us today have any firsthand understanding of what it means to live in a theocracy, the central theme of Jeremiah and Lamentations remains clear and still holds true: God first, politics second. The words, prayers, and poems of 'the weeping prophet' serve to realign us with God's priorities, turning us from evil and encouraging us to pursue God and his ways. With emotion and spiritual depth, these prophetic writings beckon us toward a spiritual integrity that can still affect the course of individuals and nations today. Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable--but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.