Speak to them this word: Let my eyes stream with tears night and day, without rest, Over the great destruction which overwhelms the virgin daughter of my people, over her incurable wound. Jeremiah 14:17 NABRE God is speaking to Jeremiah about tears He sheds because of the sins of the…
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Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?” Genesis 18:23 NABRE Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah in terms of a collective responsibility. In ancient times entire people shared the same fate even though not all sinned, for the sin of some…
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Hardly had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of her who conceived me. Songs 3:4 NABRE This book named Songs is a bit of…
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Two evils my people have done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Jeremiah 2:13 NABRE In Jeremiah’s time there is much debate about whether or not to make alliances with Assyria or Egypt to ensure survival…
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But the LORD answered me, Do not say, “I am too young.” To whomever I send you, you shall go; whatever I command you, you shall speak. Jeremiah 1:7 NABRE We read the account of the call of Jeremiah which gives a good idea of the mysterious nature of every…
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