Summary
God speaking through his prophet had placed upon him the burden of proclaiming the sins of the people, but not only the sins of the people, but also the sins of the nations. And the weeping prophet is pouring out from his broken heart that's been broken because God's heart has been broken over sin. And if you had to summarize those three chapters, the book of consolation, if you had to bring it down to one verse, I think it's the verse that we're going to study today. It's really reminiscent of Joseah 11th chapter when God says, When Israel was a child I loved him. This is the yearning of love of the heart of God, for this people that continually turned away from him, and yet there is this yearning yearning love. Where the 99 sheep are fine, but it's the one sheep that's wandered off and the shepherd yearns, yearns for the sheep to return and searches for the sheep.
Video citations
- "Loving and Yearning" 10-3-21 — What you're open your Bibles, please, with me this morning to Jeremiah the 31st chapter for our study today. If you're using a few edition, you're going to find that on page 693 in the Old…