Today’s word was jeremiad which means a prolonged lamentation or complaint; also : a cautionary or angry harangue.
The email goes on to explain:
Jeremiah was a naysayer. That Jewish prophet, who lived from about 650 to 570 BC, spent his days lambasting the Hebrews for their false worship and social injustice and denouncing the king for his selfishness, materialism, and inequities. When not calling on his people to quit their wicked ways, he was lamenting his own lot; a portion of the Old Testament's Book of Jeremiah is devoted to his "confessions," a series of lamentations on the hardships endured by a prophet with an unpopular message. Nowadays, English speakers use "Jeremiah" for a pessimistic person and "jeremiad" for the way these Jeremiahs carry on. The word "jeremiad" was actually borrowed from the French, who coined it as "jérémiade."
Now…..regarding those confessions of Jeremiah. He’s not confessing all….telling us his sins. He is sharing the struggle of his soul……similar to those dialogues we all have with God and with ourselves regarding how we relate to God and if we are on the right path for God’s will or not.
These verses are usually noted as Jeremiah’s Confessions and can be found at the following links:
Jeremiah 11: 18
Jeremiah 12: 6
Jeremiah 15: 10-21
Jeremiah 17: 14-18
Jeremiah 18: 18-23
Jeremiah 20: 7-18
The picture with this post is Jeremiah as he appears on the Sistene Chapel by Michelangelo….
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