Jeremiah 15:15-21
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter X, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 50 - 115). (Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He does not speak this out of a desire for revenge, but wishing that God would deliver his Church from them who he knew to be hardened and incorrigible."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Some good people lose much of the pleasantness of religion by the fretfulness and uneasiness of their natural temper, which they indulge."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "God had all along filled his mouth with such dreadful messages, that his whole prophetical life had been to him a time of mourning and solitude, a time when he sat alone, mourning and weeping in secret for the wrath of God revealed to him against his people."
- Your
Word, My Joy, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert Hawker, c. 1800.
- "Yes, Lord, I have indeed found your words most precious, and, through your grace, I have eaten them, and they are as honey and the honey-comb to my soul."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The prophet in this had regard to, not his own personal feelings of revenge, but the cause of God; he speaks by inspiration God's will against the ungodly. Contrast in this the law with the gospel."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Jeremiah 15:15-21, Alphonetta Wines, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- Commentary, Jeremiah 15:15-21 | Randy Owens | A Plain Account, 2017
- Commentary, Jeremiah 15:15-21, Bo Lim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- Commentary,
Jeremiah 15:15-21, Ingrid Lilly, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Some prophets model the moral life. Some prophets heal. Some prophets impress crowds with miracles. Jeremiah preached."
- Commentary,
Jeremiah 15:15-21, Richard W. Nysse, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "One difficulty that preachers will face with this text is sorting out the individual and communal import of Jeremiah."
- Jeremiah 15:15-21, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
-
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic
Preaching in Pentecost, Daniel J. Simundson,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Seminary,
1996.
- "To lament is legitimate."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Avioz, Michael,
"The Call for Revenge in Jeremiah's Complaints," Vetus Testamentum,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bracke, John M., "Jeremiah 15:15-21,
Expository Article," Interpretation, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bright, John, "A Prophet's Lament and
Its Answer: Jeremiah 15:10-21," Interpretation, 1974
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ewert, David, "The Confessions of a
Prophet," Direction, 1975.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Floyd, Michael H., "Prophetic
Complaints about the Fulfillment of Oracles in Habakkuk 1:2-17 and
Jeremiah 15:10-18," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Lamenting
Back to Life," Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- O'Connor, Kathleen M.,
"The Prophet Jeremiah and Exclusive Loyalty to God,"
Interpretation,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simundson, Daniel
J., "Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic Preaching in Pentecost," Word &
World, 1996. (Section on this text begins on page 373.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - van Wolde, Ellen, "Sentiments as Culturally
Constructed Emotions: Anger and Love in the Hebrew Bible," Biblical
Interepretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Avioz, Michael,
"The Call for Revenge in Jeremiah's Complaints," Vetus Testamentum,
2005.
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- At Oremus Hymnal:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Jeremiah 15:16. The Cyber Hymnal.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Jeremiah
