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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 217

"You are my hope in the day of doom"

Text: Jeremiah 17:17

A WORRIED JEREMIAH

That Jeremiah was worried was obvious. The sense of dread that came to him drove him to seek God in prayer urgently.

“Do not be a terror to me;
You are my hope in the day of doom.
Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And destroy them with double destruction!”
Jeremiah 17:17-18

1. “Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope in the day of doom”

a) Terror was probably felt.
i) Terror because his enemies frightened him.
ii) Terror because he feared that God might not hear his prayers for deliverance.
b) Hope in God.
i) Doom had been predicted.
ii) That dark day would affect everyone in Judah, including Jeremiah.
iii) He clung to his hope in God in the inevitable day of gloom.

2. “Let them be ashamed who persecute me, but do not let me be put to shame;
let them be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of doom,
and destroy them with double destruction”

a) A strong imprecatory element in Jeremiah’s prayer.
i) This was noticeable.
ii) Imprecatory prayers are requests to God to deal with enemies strongly.
b) The enemies were identified.
i) They had opposed Jeremiah.
ii) They were his persecutors.

c) His prayers against them:
i) That they be put to shame.
ii) That they be dismayed.
iii) That they receive double destruction in the day of doom.
d) His personal prayers:
i) That he may not be put to shame by his enemies.
ii) That he may not be dismayed in any way.
iii) That he may be delivered in the day of doom.