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Who was Jeremiah writing for? Who was his (or any other prophets) audience? Did they write and then take to the streets to preach? Was he a prophet for someone in a place of power?
We get more of the same in this reading. God's not happy.
God/Jeremiah starts of pretty pissed. Better not make eye contact.
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7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
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Um, What???
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7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices
Jeremiah must not have read the books of Moses! He does remember many of the other commandments.
This was sadly funny;
God is mad because HE wanted to burn their sons and daughters alive.
All in all. nothing really new or exciting.
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Jeremiah is speaking in the last days of an independent Judah which is between two superpowers of that time, Egypt and Babylon, and wavers between which to ally with.
ReplyDeleteIt is almost certain that the Torah had its final compilation after this time though some of the source material that went into it already existed. Jeremiah may be aware of them and rejecting some of them as not being divine like they claimed.
@Bruce,
ReplyDeleteWarning some spoilers!!! HAA!HAA!
Who was Jeremiah writing for?
The people and leaders in/of Israel/Judah.
Who was his (or any other prophets) audience?
The foolish people (Jeremiah 5:21) :-) They come across as people that don't want to see or hear. Reads like they were people to confident in their own strength and knowledge.
Did they write and then take to the streets to preach?
Jeremiah did at one time in 36:2 God tells him to write in a roll of a book. However he could not go read it so he had the scribe Baruch go read it. Baruch reads to the people a couple of times (36:10;36:15) However by 36:23 the roll is read to the king and the king is quick to burn it all up(36:25). God is persistent, and in 36:28 God tells Jeremiah to write it again. People don't like hearing that their ways are evil and they are going to be punished for it. Imagine that. :-D
Was he a prophet for someone in a place of power?
Well sure! God! ;-P HEE!HEE! (Jeremiah 1:5)