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Why are we sitting by? Let us gather into the fortified cities And meet our doom there. For the LORD our God has doomed us, He has made us drink a bitter draft, Because we sinned against the LORD<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(verse 14).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who are the villains in Jeremiah? They are the Jews themselves, who brought about their own destruction with their sins. Author Dara Horn calls this tendency of Jews to believe that anti-Semitism is their own fault the \u2018Eicha problem\u2019. While in its classical form the \u2018Eicha problem\u2019 might be phrased as, \u201cThe way to stop anti-Semitism is to stop sinning against God,\u201d\u00a0 it also has secular forms. Hayim Nahman Bialik, in his poem \u201cIn the City of Slaughter\u201d after the 1903 Kishinev Pogroms, criticized traditional Jews for reciting the confession of sins in response to tragedy. Yet, Bialik\u2019s Zionist response was likewise informed by the \u2018Eicha Problem\u2019. He blames the Jews for not having defended themselves from attack. Either way, Jewish suffering is the Jew\u2019s fault.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Horn argues that we are foolish to take responsibility for others\u2019 aggression against us. We must stop blaming ourselves. While Horn is right to call attention to how we process national tragedy, Eicha and Jeremiah are not the problem; they are part of the solution. Jeremiah embodies a fundamental Jewish philosophy that has allowed us to survive through history despite our political weakness. We believe that we matter. We believe that our actions matter. We do not believe that we are victims. We believe (whether in religious terms through our commitment to God and the Torah or in secular terms through our engagement politically, militarily, or diplomatically) that our fate is in our own hands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To fully assign blame to others is to lose our belief in our own capacity to act. The belief that we control our own destiny, no matter our enemy's actions, has allowed us to consider a future that might be different. It has allowed us to hope for better tomorrows.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"\u2026 and the leaf has withered \u2026\" (Jeremiah 8:13)
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\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>there you are \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that hovers<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that knows when days grow shorter \u00a0 colder<\/span>
\r\n<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 when to fall<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that snaps at the tree<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>let me go<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that whispers to the wind<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>take me\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> now is the time<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that understands which clouds are permitted<\/span>
\r\n<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 which forbidden<\/span>
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

**<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>there you are\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>beyond my grasp<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>i cannot pluck \u00a0 <\/span> ever<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>i cannot catch \u00a0 <\/span> ever<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a leaf<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>i'll never touch<\/span>
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

***<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>leaf\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>you never showed me green<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0not in spring\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> not in summer<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>now in my autumn why do you hide<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0your orange and your red<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0why won't you butterfly<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to me<\/span><\/p>\r\n

leaf\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>is your name<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0love<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":69551,"alt":"","title":"jer8-leaf","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-1200x801.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":801,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"Leaf In Autumn","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"A leaf \/ that knows when days grow shorter colder \/ when to fall","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":69551,"alt":"","title":"jer8-leaf","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-1200x801.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":801,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer8-leaf-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"8","chapter_main_number":"408","date":"20270323","wall_id":"408"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"}]},{"order":5,"id":"69543","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"Impossible? 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\u201cDo [people] fall, and not rise up?\u201d (verse 4).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A rhetorical question, and a strange one on the face of it. After all, don\u2019t all humans eventually fall and stay down?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unless, of course, the prophet is talking about spiritual falls, which the context indicates he is. Translation without interpretation being the challenge that it is, I have avoided translating the next piece of verse 4, but will let the commentator Metzudat David explain the whole thing: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Will they fall in their sins and not be able to rise? Meaning, is repentance not effective, such that they will rise from their fall? And if one of them repents, will God not \u201crepent\u201d from His anger?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this reading, Jeremiah raises two rhetorical questions: (1) Is it impossible to rise from sin? Of course not; one can repent! (2) If one repents, will God stay angry? Of course not; He will, in turn, \u201crepent\u201d from his anger!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(We will leave aside the philosophical questions of how God might possess a changeable attribute of anger, and allow the prophet his human terminology).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Metzudat David\u2019s reading, the verse emphasizes that no failure is permanent because change is always possible \u2013 a typical prophetic theme \u2013 and Jeremiah\u2019s rhetorical surprise is at those who don\u2019t realize that truth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi, however, takes a different approach. \u201cIs it good for them that they bring themselves down in a fall from which they have no rise, so that if\/when they want to repent of their wickedness, God will not \u2018repent\u2019 of His decrees?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For Rashi, the rhetorical question is not \u201ccan there be a fall from which one cannot rise?!\u201d but rather \u201cWhy would they let themselves fall such that they cannot rise?! What could they possibly hope to gain?!\u201d Apparently, there is such a thing as a moral\/spiritual fall from which one cannot rise, if one chooses to make it so \u2013 and the prophet\u2019s surprise is directed at those who would make such a choice.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWill they really let their own misbehavior get so out of hand?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Maybe those who bring themselves down that far don\u2019t realize what they\u2019re doing. Maybe they didn\u2019t consciously choose the degree to which they\u2019ve messed up \u2013 and maybe they actually can still choose to make a change and rise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Many of us have experienced some sense of our own misbehavior spiraling out of control \u2013 in the stereotypical party while the parents are away, for instance, or the more common small fib that keeps growing. In these situations, would we say it\u2019s not our fault, just like a physical fall from which we can\u2019t get up? Or do we recognize our own accountability at the heart of the mess?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once we\u2019ve recognized the role of our own choices, can we restore our own ability to make further choices, and take control of the situation?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If so, then even in Rashi\u2019s portrayal, repentance was never really impossible. 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In his warning of the oncoming onslaught from Babylonia to the people of Israel, Jeremiah warns of the coming horde from the north:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The snorting of their horses was heard from Dan... Lo, I will send serpents against you, Adders that cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you \u2014declares the LORD\u201d (verses16,17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With the northern tribes exiled a century earlier, why would Jeremiah refer to Dan, the most northern tribe? In addition, what is the connection between the venomous snakes and the snorting horses?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To answer this question we need to look back at Jacob's blessing given to Dan. In Genesis 49:16 Jacob proclaims that: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dan shall govern his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the road, A viper by the path, That bites the horse\u2019s heels So that his rider is thrown backward..<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We see in Jacob's blessing the three elements mentioned by Jeremiah. Jacob had hoped that Dan's role as the defender of the north would be to act as the serpent, laying in wait for the chariots trying to attack, but now, with the northern tribe exiled, Dan is no longer present to protect the land, therefore Jacob\u2019s blessing cannot be fulfilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The snake that had been the defender, has now become the enemy coming to destroy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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This chapter contains a prophecy of such striking gloom and doom that it serves as the haftarah (an addition to a Torah reading) of Tish`a b\u2019Av, the fast day that commemorates the very destruction of the Temple that Jeremiah foresaw.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the close of the previous chapter, Jeremiah predicted a day on which <\/span><\/p>\r\n

they shall bury in Tophet [a site on which child sacrifices were performed] until no room is left. The carcasses of this people shall be food for the birds in the sky and the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them off (7:32-33). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our chapter commences with what appears to be a continuation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At that time\u2014declares the LORD\u2014the bones of the kings of Judah, of its officers, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be taken out of their graves and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven which they loved and served and followed, to which they turned and bowed down. They shall not be gathered for reburial; they shall become dung upon the face of the earth. (8:1-2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Earlier exegetes were divided on whether these verses describe a contemporary exhumation (by the besieging Babylonians) or a prediction of a future event. Shadal* wrote:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Josiah had removed human bones from their graves and burned the idolatrous altars to defile them in order to separate the people from idolatry (2 Kings 23:16). Therefore, Jeremiah prophesied that the bones of kings, nobles, priests, prophets, and all who served idols would be exhumed. How would this come to pass? Jerome [the 4<\/span>th<\/span> century Church Father] said that the enemies would do it in order to negate the influence of the dead. It is also possible that as the siege was prolonged, the besieging enemy would take out their frustrations on the dead. Or, perhaps (as suggested by my student Yehudah Osemo), the enemies did it to frighten and upset the people in the city so they would hasten to open its gates.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The best-known Scriptural bones, of course, are those of Ezekiel 37, which that prophet would see being brought back to life as a sign of the incipient deliverance out of exile. Here, the bones we encounter stick more to type and represent death and destruction.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cHow are you?\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cFine thanks, and you?\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cGood.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How many times have you had this exchange with someone? It\u2019s become automatic for us- we exchange pleasantries before beginning our \u201creal\u201d conversation. The default now is to say we\u2019re fine, without regard for how we actually feel. And often, we say we\u2019re fine when we want to cover up something negative. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this chapter, we learn that God disapproves of this covering up. In verse 11, among a list of the wrongdoings of the Israelites, is the claim that the priests and prophets, or perhaps the people as a whole, say that everything is fine when in fact nothing is fine. The Midrash Lekach Tov teaches that this person, who is willing to brush off the truth in favor of an uncomplicated answer, who claims that everything is fine when it is not, is a form of <\/span>navi sheker<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>false prophet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We all do it. We don\u2019t feel comfortable sharing our struggles or sometimes even our triumphs. We don\u2019t want to take someone\u2019s time explaining our lives, and we don\u2019t believe the other person really wants to hear what we have to say. So instead of greeting each other with a genuine desire to connect, we default to saying \u201cfine, fine\u201d. Of course, there are times when this is an appropriate answer, or when we need to protect ourselves from feeling too vulnerable. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But maybe, sometimes, we can let the warning of this verse guide us in our interactions. When we greet someone, can we show that we genuinely care about their wellbeing? And when we meet another, can we take a leap to be vulnerable and share something of our lives?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we can, we will be working towards a world with more connection, and less false prophecy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The flimsiness of the people's repentance shatters Jeremiah's hope. It dawns on him that nothing will change. The reformation is not being accompanied by an inner process. The king, absorbed in his efforts, does not yet see what Jeremiah sees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophet articulates a question that echoes ceaselessly in his heart throughout the great reformation: \"If they fall, shall they not rise again? If they turn away, shall they not turn back?\" If, in the potter's workshop, Jeremiah found cause for hope, now he is given to understand that all is lost. He wanders the streets of Jerusalem and Anathoth, listening to people's conversation and knowing that in truth \"no one regrets his wrongdoing.\" People live their lives like \"horses charging into battle,\" a simile explained beautifully by Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah laments the evil of his contemporaries, for whom this defect is like a plague. They turn a blind eye to their own actions, without taking heed to determine whether they should be engaged in or abandoned... they act out of impulse and habit, without leaving themselves time to evaluate their actions and ways, and, as a result, fall into evil without noticing. (Path of the Just 2).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah draws upon both human and natural phenomena to express his feelings. He lifts his eyes toward the birds soaring above and notes that every migration follows a specific direction and pattern. In contrast to nature's robust health, Israel follows a sick and tortuous path. Again Jeremiah finds himself bearing a prophecy of hopeless destruction: \"from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despair floods Jeremiah, and he is overcome with a prophecy that in time will become a hymn of destruction, read on the most tragic day of the Jewish calendar, Tisha B'Av: \"I will surely consume them \u2014 declares the Lord\" (8:13). This vision spills out of him with terrible pain. He begs to escape the role that has been forced upon him, that of the prophet of doom. In his mind's eye, he sees the fruit trees of the Land of Israel \u2014 the emblematic grapevine and the fig tree \u2014 fruitless. There is nothing to hope for; the enemy will arrive and devour all who inhabit this land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This chapter expresses the anguish of complete failure. Despite his great love for his people, Jeremiah is powerless to prevent the impending evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/i>. 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8:21 \u201cOver the breaking of my People\u2019s Daughter I am broken, I plunge in gloom, desolation has gripped me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophet now speaks in his own voice, not castigating the people but expressing his distress over the disaster that has befallen them. There is a certain oscillation in Jeremiah between angry denunciation of his fellow Judahites for their appalling acts and compassionate identification with them as they suffer the consequences of those acts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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  1. Better die now<\/em>. Or in the words of the prophet: \u201cAnd death shall be preferable to life\u201d (verse 3). There are times in history when the living experience so much suffering and so many horrors, that that is how they feel. Jeremiah is lamenting that that time is approaching.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The words of God, and the words of the prophet<\/em>. In many verses in this chapter we hear the voice of Jeremiah - asking, hurting, keening. At times it is even difficult to distinguish when it is God\u2019s words we are hearing, and when it is the privagte voice of the prophet.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Natural and unnatural<\/em>. From the point of view of the prophet, walking in God\u2019s ways is following the laws that are natural for the people. Not doing that is simply illogical and thus especially frustrating. \u201cEven the stork in the sky knows her seasons, And the turtledove, swift, and crane Keep the time of their coming; But My people pay no heed To the law of the LORD\u201d (verse 7). The image is reminiscent of the same outrage that Isaiah felt 73 chapters ago: \u201cAn ox knows its owner, An ass its master\u2019s crib: Israel does not know, My people takes no thought.\u201d (Is. 1:3).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Bat-Ami - \u201cThe Daughter of My People<\/em>.\u201d Five times in the chapter the people are called \u201cbat-ami,\u201d literally \u201cthe daughter of my people\u201d but translated in the text as \u201cmy poor people.\u201d It is always in the context of sorrow over the tragedy, and the lack of healing or refuge. 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