The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Rain” it comes from the Hebrew Word “matar” which means “rain.”
Jeremiah intercedes during a devastating drought while God warns against trusting false prophets. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Jeremiah 14.
Jeremiah describes the word of the Lord concerning the dearth, Judah mourning, and its gates languishing, they being black to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem going up, their nobles sending their little ones to the waters, they came to the pits and found no water, they returned with their vessels empty, since there was no “rain,” “matar” in Hebrew, in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Jeremiah intercedes on behalf of the people, acknowledging their iniquities testify against them, but asking the Lord to do it for His name’s sake, since their backslidings are many, they have sinned against Him, asking whether He is a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night, since He is in their midst, and they are called by His name, urging Him not to leave them, but God responds that the prophets prophesy lies in His name, He sent them not, neither commanded them, they prophesy a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart, warning that by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. Jeremiah continues to plead, describing his eyes running down with tears night and day, and not ceasing, for the virgin daughter of his people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow, describing how if he goes into the field, then behold the slain with the sword, and if he enters into the city, then behold those sick with famine, both the prophet and the priest going about into a land they know not, asking whether God has utterly rejected Judah, or whether His soul has loathed Zion, praying, “Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us,” acknowledging their wickedness, and the iniquity of their fathers, since they have sinned against Him.
Jeremiah’s compassionate intercession during genuine national crisis, pleading for God’s mercy despite full acknowledgment of the people’s real guilt, models genuine intercessory prayer that holds together honest confession and earnest petition without either canceling out the other. God’s warning against false prophets offering comfortable, unauthorized reassurance reveals how dangerous well-meaning but ultimately false comfort can become during a genuine, serious national crisis.
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