Reading for August 13th

THE COSMIC BATTLE Chs. 4-10: Chapter 4 turns away from the story of the broken family to give prominence to announcements of imminent invasion by the "foe from the north." The material in this section is largely poetic, but there are some prose passages as well (7.1-8.3). Although individual passages come from many differenet times, they are collected here around the theme of cosmic destruction at the hands of the mythic "foe from the north." Read Jeremiah 4.1-4. The approaching enemy. Chs. 4-6: No narrative unifies these poems, but the approaching foe looms over the chapters and gives them menacing drama. The voice of God, Jeremiah, a narrator, the people, daughter Zion, and the foe from the north-all speak and argue about God's role in the coming invasion. The battle poems use great art in portraying war. Scences of approaching armies appeal to the senses and give the superhuman enemy from the north shape in the imagination. With a few details of sight and sound, the poems place readers in the thick of the battle. Comments or Questions..