It took me nearly 20 minutes to read this passage. From the beginning of the song until chapter 3 verse 20 Jeremiah writes of despair, hopelessness, and grief. He paints nothing but pain and suffering as he recalls how the punishment that Jerusalem deserved was poured out. Then verse 21 begins with a BUT. Things look bad, Jeremiah is saying, BUT there is a reason to hope. God’s grace is not exhausted, His mercy has not reach the end, God makes both his grace and mercy new every morning, just like the sunrise.
The name of the book speaks of hopelessness and sorrow. Yet whenever God is involved we can be assured that our hopelessness and sorrow has limits; while God’s grace and mercy never stops.
Stuart
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