Jeremiah 8:18 - 9:1
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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- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative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:
- "God's Grief," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- I.27, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 9.
- From the Geneva Notes (1599).
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.(c. 1700)
- From Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
- Causes of the Inefficiency of Christianity (Jer 8:22): Sermon by John Wesley (1703-1791).
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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- "Self-righteous judgment among humans, while all too common in today's religious landscape, is inconsistent with biblical thinking for at least two reasons."
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"Simply Grieving," MacKenzie
Scott, Blogging toward Sunday, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century,
2010.
- "It seems there is no time simply to weep over the wrong of the world. The public?s instinct that we have a share in victims? suffering doesn?t find a fit way to grieve just for them."
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"Is There a Balm in Gilead?" Todd Weir, bloomingcactus, 2010.
- "Jeremiah?s intent is opposite the spiritual hymn. Beware of the balm in Gilead for it is not enough. Don?t settle for half measures, for a more radical transformation is needed."
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Jeremiah 8:18 - 9:1, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
- "This picture of God loving us like a parent and suffering so much pain because of our behaviour is one often neglected by people."
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Jeremiah 8:18 - 9:1,
- "This short reading builds on the Jeremiah readings of recent weeks with their movement towards total destruction of Israel, the people of God. Here, however, the mood shifts to one of unrelenting and inconsolable grief over this move."
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"Weeping for
Israel...and America,"
Expository Essay,
Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
- "Maturity means that you realize the limits of what you can attain, focusing on those things that you can do while laying aside things that are beyond your ability. Maybe that will happen to us."
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Lectionary
Commentary, Jeremiah 8:18 - 9:1, 16th Sunday After Pentecost (Year C),
by Dennis Bratcher at Christian
Resource Institute.
- "There are two dimensions of this text that provide paths to proclamation, one from the perspective of God and the other from the perspective of the prophet."
- "Prayer for Consolation," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
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- Articles & Background:
- 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.
- 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 - Gench, Roger J., "Jeremiah 8:18-9:3,
Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Henderson, Joseph M.,
"Who Weeps in Jeremiah VIII 23 (IX 1)? Identifying Dramatic Speakers in the
Poetry of Jeremiah," Vetus Testamentum, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willis, John T., "Dialogue between Prophet and
Audience as a Rhetorical Device in the Book of Jeremiah," Journal for
the Study of the Old Testament, 1985.
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.)
- Sermons:
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," Connections: Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Weatherford, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 2010.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- "We Love to Sound Your Praises," original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Tune: PASSION CHORALE 7.6.7.6.D.
- 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?)
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Jeremiah 8:22. The Cyber Hymnal.
- HymnSite.com Hymn Selections.
- David Beswick, hymn selections, Uniting Church in Australia.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Jeremiah
