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Article: God's refining love.(BIBLE STUDY)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- September 1, 2007
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Last month's Hebrew Testament readings introduced us to Jeremiah, beginning a nine-week focus on the book that bears his name, along with Lamentations. Readings from both books give us a sampling of the rich images Jeremiah uses--wilderness, fountains of living water, a potter forming clay, vessels, the earth laid bare, healing balm, and land to which God holds the deed.
Jeremiah was at work from 628 to 586 B.C.E., during which time the southern kingdom of Judah twice came under threat by the Babylonians. Having been aided by the Egyptians during the first threat in 588, the Jewish monarchs were not able to protect Jerusalem the second time around. In 586, the ...