{"id":71702,"date":"2020-03-15T15:22:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=71702"},"modified":"2020-03-15T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T13:23:20","slug":"king-zedekiah-and-jeremiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/king-zedekiah-and-jeremiah\/","title":{"rendered":"King Zedekiah And Jeremiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"71702","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"437","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Woe to those who dream of Jeremiah\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Chapter begins with a brief historical notice about the last Davidic King of Judah: \u201cZedekiah son of Josiah became king instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon set him up as king over the land of Judah. Neither he nor his courtiers nor the people of the land gave heed to the words which the Lord spoke through the prophet Jeremiah\u201d (Jeremiah 37:1-2). However, Zedekiah sends for Jeremiah to ask for his prayer of deliverance (verse 3). Eventually, Jeremiah tells the king: \u201cYou will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon\u201d (verse 17). As our Chapter ends, Jeremiah remains in the prison compound, but at least for the meantime under better living conditions (verse 21).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midrash Pesiqta Rabbati (27-28) devotes a whole Pisqa (\u201cLiterary Homily\u201d) to our Chapter, which preserves an interesting historical reflection. Woe to the wicked, for when they \u201cblossom\u201d (tzomhim) the people wail (tzovhim): \u201cWoe! Woe!\u201d. When Zedekiah became king, all of Zion said: Woe! Now an end has come to the Davidic Kingdom! Jeremiah cried out: Lord of the World! What were my sins that the Temple was destroyed, not in the days of the prophets who came before and not in the days of the prophets who came after me, but only in my time?! What would Jeremiah do? He would go around to the Gates of Jerusalem, saying: \u201cAnd the Lord said to me: Do not say: I am still a boy. But go wherever I send you and speak whatever I command you\u201d (Jeremiah 1:7). So, the men of Anathoth said to me: \u201cYou must not prophesy any more in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand\u201d (Jeremiah 7:21).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremiah thought: \u201cNo more will I speak in His name\u2026 But His word was like a raging fire in my heart\u201d (Jeremiah 20:9) \u2013 like a woman sitting on the birthing-stool trying to give birth. So, what did Jeremiah then do? He would go around crying out: \u201cMy insides, my insides! How I writhe! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart moans within me. I cannot be silent\u201d (Jeremiah 4:19). Jeremiah asked God: Was I created for this suffering?! God answered: From before My creation of the world, you were created for this, as it says: \u201cBefore I created you in the womb, I selected you. Before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations\u201d (Jeremiah 1:4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prophet Jeremiah is indeed the archetypical prophet of doom and destruction. Talmud Bavli Berakhot 57b records the following psychological observation: \u201cIf one sees the Book of Kings in a dream, he may look forward to greatness; if Ezekiel, he may look forward to wisdom; if Isaiah he may look forward to consolation; if Jeremiah, let him fear for punishment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Antonie Wierix (II), after Maerten de Vos, Zedekiah\u2019s Last Meeting with Jeremiah, Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, 1639 \/ British Museum<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71703,"id":71703,"title":"jer37-zedekiah jeremiah","filename":"jer37-zedekiah-jeremiah.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer37-zedekiah-jeremiah.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/king-zedekiah-and-jeremiah\/jer37-zedekiah-jeremiah\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer37-zedekiah-jeremiah","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71702,"date":"2020-03-15 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