But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior

Jeremiah 20:1-18

When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.

But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12 Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause. Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

Why?

The revenge for Jeremiah announced the consequence of Pashhur. For God loves Jeremiah and Jeremiah listens to God's word and warns the people of Judah.

The word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long because people won't listen and rebel against the word of the Lord.

Jeremiah has to say God's word, for the word of the Lord is like a fire in his heart, and Jeremiah cannot hold it.

Jeremiah suffered the pain to say the word of the Lord, but he knew the Lord is with him like a mighty warrior, so his persecutors will stumble and not prevail. This is the love and trust in the Lord.

Jeremiah no one can complain about his pain, he knew the Lord who has committed my cause. and give praise to the Lord

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猶大好像瓦器，無法再回去了。本來預言猶大會被巴比倫擄去，被關被打後預言巴施戶珥個人的結局。

從一個神在騙他、整他，變成讚美神，v9     我便心裡覺得似乎有燒著的火閉塞在我骨中，我就含忍不住，不能自禁. 講是別人給的逼迫，不講則自己過不去，生命的本質，使命已經變成耶利米的本質，不講更辛苦！

因他救了窮人的性命脫離惡人的手：這裏窮人是單數，指的是耶利米當時的景況如窮人。雖然知道苦難就在旁邊，訴說自己的心情，完全沒有掩飾自己的心情。從耶利米的事奉中，受到的苦難，也不隱藏自己，承認自己的軟弱、信心不足，面對遙遙無期的苦難！真實把內心的光景表達出來。神也接納我們的灰心！在神面前，我們可以將自己的苦楚說出來，神也接納！

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How?

Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the lof of the needy from the hands of the wicked.