Did Jeremiah fear God might let him down (Jeremiah 15:18)?
18 Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry.”
Jeremiah 15:10 - 21
NLT - 10 Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay - yet they all curse me.” 11 The Lord replied, “I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress.
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Leslie Coutinho
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Jeremiah 15:19: Therefore thus saith the Lord, if thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shall stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. The Word of the Lord was put in Jeremiah's mouth and he was told to gird up his loins and speak unto the tribes and be not afraid of them. If not, the Lord would confound him before them. Knowing the sinful nature that had come to mankind from the forefathers he was ordained, and the Lord revealed things unto him. (Jer 1:17/15:10) The Lord said unto him, “It shall be well with thy remnant. For the Lord shall cause thy enemy to entreat thee well, in the time of evil and affliction." The Word of the Lord given unto him was a joy unto his heart though he suffered rebuke and was persecuted. When he sat not among the assembly of mockers but alone, he was then filled with indignation. “For he thought the Lord filled him with indignation through them.” (Jer 15:11,15-17) The Lord was angry with the scattered tribes and wanted Jeremiah to return to them, for he sat not among the assembly of mockers. The Lord desired Jeremiah's return so that he could "take forth the precious from the vile." For those who were humble and contrite in spirit, Jeremiah would serve as a mouthpiece, speaking the “Words of God the Father” to the tribes. In doing so, he would reveal the Lord’s messages, and ultimately, the Lord would bring him back to stand before Him. Standing before the Lord with the precious gathered from the vile, the remnant would be delivered for a good purpose, as their enemies would plead during times of evil and affliction. (Jeremiah 15:1,11,17,19) The Lord had set up shepherds, to gather the remnants of His flock who were driven away, and to bring them back to the fold and be fruitful and increase. (Jer 23:3-4) Jeremiah, an ordained prophet, was set over nations and kingdoms to root out, to pull down and destroy, to build and to plant, having the Words of the Lord put in his mouth. (Jer 1:10) Jeremiah was revealed, the shepherds (pastors) had scattered the flocks and driven them away. He knew the way of man was not in himself, and it is not a man that walketh to direct his path. “His fear was wanting the Lord to correct him with judgment and not in anger, for if not he would be led to bring him to nothing.” (Jer 10:21-24/15:3) Malachi 13:16: Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
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