Jeremiah 1–29 (Biblia.com)

Jeremiah 1–29 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The prophet Jeremiah declared the word of the Lord at a critical time in the history of ancient Israel. In the first volume of a two-part commentary on Jeremiah, John Bracke provides a powerful interpretation of the prophet’s message to a nation that refused to listen to the call to repent and to renew covenant living in obedience to God’s commandments. Readers encounter God’s anguish and pain...

in which a bride followed her husband from her abode to his and points to Israel’s original faithfulness or loyalty to God. The use of the Hebrew word translated in the NRSV as “devotion” to describe the relationship of Israel and the Lord is particularly striking. In the vast majority of Old Testament uses of this word, it is God’s faithfulness, in contrast to Israel’s, that is stressed. Here, Israel’s faithfulness or devotion to God is affirmed. By comparing Israel’s wilderness relationship with

Page 24

Buy this book at Logos.com