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Jeremiah & Lamentations: The death of a dream and what came after
Jeremiah was set aside to be the prophet to the nations. Set apart to be a voice that was not afraid to stand up for sharing the message of the Lord to those aiming headlong for judgement. There are responsibilities for those who belong to God. However God still loves his people even when they have sinned against him. We are reassured that hope can be found even in times of suffering.
Lamentations tells Jerusalem's story of suffering, starvation, and despair, till finally the walls are breached, the survivors deported, the goods looted and the city torched.
Lamentations tells Jerusalem's story of suffering, starvation, and despair, till finally the walls are breached, the survivors deported, the goods looted and the city torched.
272 pages, Paperback
First published November 11, 2013
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October 31, 2017
You can read my full review on my blog, Spoiled Milks (10/01/17).
Michael Wilcock has written a handy commentary to keep Jeremiah’s readers afloat while they try to grasp this ocean of a book. We must not forget Lamentations either. Throughout his book, Jeremiah portrays Israel’s response over the warning Babylonian attack as one of disbelief because of their apathetic relationship to Yahweh. Lamentations portrays Israel’s (or at least the Lamenter’s) response after the Babylonian attack as being one of fear, anguish, and sorrow. Wilcock summarizes the thrust of Lamentations’ message in 15 pages. It is a bleak book, but there is hope, saying that as Israel suffers after Jerusalem’s destruction, Israel does “believe in him sufficiently to talk to Him, even if His answers are a long time coming. Out of this present death will come a resurrection.” (29)
Wilcock divides Jeremiah into 14 chapters, each being between 10-20 pages in length. When looking at Jeremiah 30,000 feet from above, one is able to cover a lot of ground very quickly. Wilcock’s volume is helpful as a summary of Jeremiah and Lamentations.
While many of Wilcock’s sections were written too broadly for me and didn’t answer many of the questions I have over the messy details, the person in the pew, who does not want the messy spider’s web of details, is whom this is written for. He stresses that this work is more an exposition than a “commentary,” per se. It is concerned with the Sunday morning pew-sitter more than it is the desk-sitting, commentary-breather.
Wilcock explains the overall ideas of the authors in a way that is both readable, relevant, and honest to the text. And that I can recommend. As with Kidner, I wouldn’t start with Wilcock, but his overhead view would be good to read near the end of your sermon or Bible study preparation.
The Focus on the Bible series is an excellent series for the person in the pew. It doesn't dive into the gritty details, but gives the readers a broad sweep of the book for it's place in the Christian life.
Michael Wilcock has written a handy commentary to keep Jeremiah’s readers afloat while they try to grasp this ocean of a book. We must not forget Lamentations either. Throughout his book, Jeremiah portrays Israel’s response over the warning Babylonian attack as one of disbelief because of their apathetic relationship to Yahweh. Lamentations portrays Israel’s (or at least the Lamenter’s) response after the Babylonian attack as being one of fear, anguish, and sorrow. Wilcock summarizes the thrust of Lamentations’ message in 15 pages. It is a bleak book, but there is hope, saying that as Israel suffers after Jerusalem’s destruction, Israel does “believe in him sufficiently to talk to Him, even if His answers are a long time coming. Out of this present death will come a resurrection.” (29)
Wilcock divides Jeremiah into 14 chapters, each being between 10-20 pages in length. When looking at Jeremiah 30,000 feet from above, one is able to cover a lot of ground very quickly. Wilcock’s volume is helpful as a summary of Jeremiah and Lamentations.
While many of Wilcock’s sections were written too broadly for me and didn’t answer many of the questions I have over the messy details, the person in the pew, who does not want the messy spider’s web of details, is whom this is written for. He stresses that this work is more an exposition than a “commentary,” per se. It is concerned with the Sunday morning pew-sitter more than it is the desk-sitting, commentary-breather.
Wilcock explains the overall ideas of the authors in a way that is both readable, relevant, and honest to the text. And that I can recommend. As with Kidner, I wouldn’t start with Wilcock, but his overhead view would be good to read near the end of your sermon or Bible study preparation.
The Focus on the Bible series is an excellent series for the person in the pew. It doesn't dive into the gritty details, but gives the readers a broad sweep of the book for it's place in the Christian life.
March 31, 2021
Not the easiest to read but helped you get a much needed context
November 22, 2025
Helpful for daily devotions but there could have been a stronger personal and devotional element.
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