Jeremiah 4:11-28
(Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28)
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- IV.II.6, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "The Wailing of Risca; Jeremiah 4:20," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1861.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Anathea Portier-Young, at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther
Seminary, 2016.
- "The preacher who chooses to preach this passage has no easy task. Walter Brueggemann calls it a "dangerous poem," and rightly so."
- Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
- Commentary, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 | Rev. J. Thomas Johnson | Pastor of New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene | A Plain Account, 2016
- "According to the prophets of Israel, life began with the speaking of God into the chaos and disorder and lifelessness of primordial creation."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Alphonetta Wines, at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther
Seminary, 2013.
- "The message of the consequences of evil and the possibility of healing and wholeness is as germane today as it was in Jeremiah’s time."
- "A Return to Chaos?" John Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2013.
- "Can you and I not gain at least a measure of prophetic sight? It is far past time for us as a world to take with the greatest seriousness the threats to the ecological envelope in which we all live."
- God and Vengeance, Steve Godfrey, Church in the World, 2013.
- "It's Me, O Lord," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
- "It is incredibly difficult to admit that we are the ones who have gone astray, that we are the ones who do wrong, that we are the ones who do not truly seek God. The amazing irony is that when we admit this, we find God's mercy overflowing to give us new life."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Frank M. Yamada, at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther
Seminary, 2010.
- "Many preachers avoid topics like divine judgment."
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"What Is True Repentance?" Todd Weir, bloomingcactus, 2010.
- "First, I want to say more about the context Jeremiah was preaching in before looking more at what I see as our nation?s crossroads..."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
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Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "There are no easy answers here, no straightforward turn either to redemption or to the possibility of resurrection. This poem is an invitation to stand in silence, the silence where no people live, and no birds sound, and contemplate the possibility of complete destruction."
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Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
- "The anguish of the prophet appears to mirror the anguish of God which cannot believe the people are bent on self-destruction. I can't help feeling this must the case today as we watch our world bent on self-destruction because of our greed and the consequences of our actions."
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"A Deceptive
God?" Nanette Sawyer, The Hardest Question, 2010.
- "If God is so anguished over our suffering, why does God allow it? Shouldn?t God be protecting us?"
- Commentary, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Anathea Portier-Young, at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther
Seminary, 2016.
- 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).
- Althann, R., "Jeremiah 4:11-12:
Stichometry, Parallelism and Translation," Vetus Testamentum,
1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brueggemann, Walter, "A Disaster of
'Biblical' Proportions?" The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Diamond, A.R. Pete, and Kathleen M. O'Connor,
"Unfaithful Passions: Coding Women Coding Men in Jeremiah 2-3 (4:2),"
Biblical Interpretation, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eppstein, Victor, "The Day of Yahweh in Jeremiah
4:23-26," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1968.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fishbane, Michael, "Jeremiah 4:23-26 and Job 3:3-13:
A Recovered Use of the Creation Pattern," Vetus Testamentum,
1971.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fretheim, Terence E.,
"'I Was Only a Little Angry,' Divine Violence in the Prophets,"
Interpretation, 2004. (See esp. section beginning on page 374)(See also
entire issue:
Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gailey, James H., Jr., "The Sword and
the Heart: Evil from the North - and Within, an Exposition of Jeremiah
4:5-6:30," Interpretation, 1955.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hayes, Katherine M., "Jeremiah 4:23
TOHU without BOHU," Vetus Testamentum, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Korpel, Jarjo C.A., "Who Is Speaking in Jeremiah
4:19-22? The Contribution of Unit Delimitation to an Old Problem,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson, Daniel C., "Jeremiah 4.5-31 and Apocalyptic
Myth," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Patterson, Richard D., "The Imagery of Clouds in the
Scriptures," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stulman, Louis J., "Jeremiah as a Messenger of Hope
in Crisis," Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Althann, R., "Jeremiah 4:11-12:
Stichometry, Parallelism and Translation," Vetus Testamentum,
1978.
- Sermons:
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 19, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," September 15, 2013, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 and Oops by Arthur Gelsert.
- Drama:
- "Dear Ann Landers," Tom Woodley, dramatix.
- "Scraps," Galye J. Whitsitt, Sermon Starter Theater, Christian Media Inc.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- "We Love to Sound Your Praises," original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Tune: PASSION CHORALE 7.6.7.6.D (?O Sacred Head, Now Wounded?)
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Jeremiah
