Browse Bible Study Resources

Daily Devotions

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 186

"Let my eyes flow with tears night and day"

Text: Jeremiah 14:17

A WORD OF ADMONITION

Do the children of Judah really desire to be restored to God? These words of admonition must be applied sincerely and humbly.

“Therefore you shall say this word to them:
‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
If I go out to the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.'”
Jeremiah 14:17-18

1. “Therefore you shall say this word to them”

a) These words must be taken to heart.
b) There must be genuineness of heart and ministry.

2. “Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow”

a) Copious tears must flow naturally.
b) Tears will flow ceaselessly when one ponders the plight of the nation.
i) The nation is called “the virgin daughter”.
ii) The nation had been broken severely.
iii) The blow was a mighty and severe one.

3. “If I go out to the field, then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city, then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know”

a) In the field
Corpses were found scattered on the ground.
b) In the city
Many were sick because of the famine.
c) Prophet and priest
i) There were many false prophets and priests.
ii) They are hapless and worthless.
iii) They do not have answers to the problems that have afflicted the nation!