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Jeremiah is feeling sorry for himself! In the latter half of this chapter we have an interaction between Jeremiah and the Lord. The Bible does not condemn us for arguing with God, we just need to understand that we will lose? At least in the sense of losing the argument. In actual fact we will win, for when we are feeling disgruntled, even in utter despair, it is a sign that we are not seeing things as they really are, for God is always right, always just, always infinitely wise. Our arguing with God will lead to our perceptions changing. Job is perhaps the prime example. He spent many chapters complaining to God about the unjust treatment he was enduring, but the end result was that he realised God was so much greater than he was, and he ended up knowing God so much better than he had before, and being blessed more than he had been before.
Anyway, at this stage Jeremiah regrets ever having been born, he thinks everyone and everything is against him. He reckons he is pretty much blameless, yet everyone curses him.
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God then responds, and it is a reminder of the promise of His protection and favour. God would deliver him, and would do so for a “good purpose”. There were those who opposed him, who were his enemies, but there would come a time when they would plead with Jeremiah. The times of disaster would cause them to come to Jeremiah, the one they had so despised, and to look to him for help and wisdom. This is actually a repeated principle in the Bible. Those who oppose us, will one day look to us for wisdom.
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