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JEREMIAH 9

Most people want to stop their weeping, but Jeremiah wanted to weep more, so burdened was he for his people. The easiest thing for him would have been escape (Ps. 55:6–7). However, like a true shepherd, he stayed with the people and sought to minister to them.

He would not be the only one weeping, for he saw the day coming when the wailing women would lament the death of the nation (vv. 17–21). They used their tongues like bows (v. 3) to shoot the arrows of deceit (v. 8), and they went from evil to evil.

Are you among those who are valiant for the truth (v. 3)? If you are, you know that the only thing to glory in is the Lord of glory (v. 24). It is not our minds, our might, or our money that wins the day (v. 23) but our faith in God and our desire to glorify Him.

Pilgrim’s Progress

Life never stands still and Judah was going “from evil to evil” (Jer. 9:3). Those who know Jesus Christ can go “from faith to faith” (Rom. 1:17), “from strength to strength” (Ps. 84:7), and “from glory to glory” (2 Cor. 3:18). That is the kind of progress God’s pilgrims should make!

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