Pentecost Season · Proper 19 · Year C
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
For My People Are Foolish: Judgment as Un-Creation
September 17, 2028
Overview & Insights
"For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding." (Jeremiah 4:22)
Jeremiah announces the LORD's coming judgment on Judah using the language of Genesis 1 in reverse, a formless, lightless, empty earth, because the people have grown skilled at doing evil and have forgotten how to do good.
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Commentary on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Working Preacher
Explains the deliberate echo of Genesis 1 in Jeremiah's vision of coming disaster.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Calls the passage one of the starkest apocalyptic visions in prophetic poetry.
Jeremiah 4 Commentary: A Call to Repentance Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the chapter's warnings and the coming invasion from the north.
Jeremiah 4:11 Commentaries BibleHub
Collects several classic commentaries on the scorching wind and the sinful nation.
Jeremiah 4 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Provides Albert Barnes' detailed philological notes on the chapter.
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