The Prophet of Suffering: What Jeremiah's Despair of His Ministry Teaches Us Today

The prophet Jeremiah is often referred to as the Prophet of Suffering or the Weeping Prophet because of the tragic nature of his prophetic ministry. Not only did Jeremiah suffer bouts of weeping on account of Israel’s obstinacy (Jeremiah 4:19), but he also suffered physical harm; he was beaten, put in stocks, and imprisoned (Jeremiah 20:1–2; 37:15), threatened with death (Jeremiah 26:11), and even thrown into a dungeon where he “sank in mire” (Jeremiah 38:6). And after enduring all of this, he was called a liar (Jeremiah 43:2).

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