dealt to Jeremiah in discovering his very own relatives, his very own townsmen, were the ones seeking his life. It is prophetic of the injury dealt to the heart of Jesus in being betrayed not by a Roman, not by a Pharisee, but by the kiss of a friend, a member of His circle of trust and communion. It is more then than just an intellectual or academic question. The plot and the shattered relationship it represented were the catalyst that brought this candid question before the throne of God. The prophet