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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 63

"We lie down in our shame"

Text: Jeremiah 3:25

A SENSE OF SHAME

A sense of shame was missing for the longest time in Israel and Judah. They were arrogant in the abundance of their wealth. But power and the name faded away as they suffered defeat in war. The economy was in shambles. There was nothing to be proud of! A new feeling of shame was needed! Jeremiah felt this keenly and sought to teach this.

“For shame has devoured
The labour of our fathers from our youth—
Their flocks and their herds,
Their sons and their daughters.
We lie down in our shame,
And our reproach covers us.
For we have sinned against the LORD our God,
We and our fathers,
From our youth even to this day,
And have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Jeremiah 3:24-25

1. “For shame has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth”

a) The word “shame” is related to severe losses:
i) In wealth
ii) In power
iii) In name
b) The labour put in for generation.
i) Of the previous generation.
ii) To the present one.
iii) Nothing came out of all the labour!
c) Shame included:
i) Sadness
ii) Despair

2. “Their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters”

a) Flocks and herds represented wealth. They were gone.
b) Sons and daughters

They represented joy and hope! They were gone too! Many die in war!

3. “We lie down in our shame, and our reproach covers us”

a) There was such a sense of weariness and deep regret.
b) Shame was the keenest feeling that overwhelmed.
c) The reproach
i) Of the enemies.
ii) Of self.
d) These covered all in Judah!

4. “For we have sinned against the LORD our God,
We and our fathers,
From our youth even to this day,
And have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God”

a) There was deep conviction of sin.
b) Confession was needed and given.
i) Fathers in the past.
ii) Youths in the present.
c) The sin of disobedience could not be denied!
d) God’s voice through His prophets.
i) They were disregarded.
ii) They were rejected.