Reading for September 6th

Read Jeremiah 13.15-27. Jeremiah warns the people against their pride and urges them to listen. In verse 17: If they do not, his response will be to weep at their captivity as God weeps (9.1). In veres 18-19: The queen mother, that is the mother of the king, will be brought low because the invasion and exile are already underway. In verse 20: The enemy fromt henceforth is coming. In verses 22-27: According to the Hebrew text, God addresses Jerusalem, personified again as female, with charges that her infidelity will result in her violation. God will be the one to lift her skirts, that is, to rape her. This shocking language uses the image of a raped woman to describe the invasion ofthe city, directed and accomplished by God. Comments or Questions..