"Then the LORD said to me, 'Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah'" (Jeremiah 1:14-15).
Jeremiah was called "the weeping prophet" for good reasons. As an Israelite, could you imagine receiving God's Word of judgment on your people? As a preacher, could you imagine the heavy responsibility of pleading with the people to repent? As a prophet, could you imagine the unpopular task of declaring God's "woe" upon the people? If I would have been in Jeremiah's sandals, I would have cried like a baby.
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