them. He hadn’t joined a rival gang; he hadn’t turned them in as drug dealers; he hadn’t swindled them in a shady financial deal. What Jeremiah had done to prompt their slanderous whispering behind his back and their opposition was simply to proclaim God’s law to them. Not just those Jews, but all people of all time drag through life the sinful nature, which squawks when God’s witnesses press the heavy finger of God’s law on the nerve of one’s conscience. When sin is exposed and shortcomings are