Jer 31:15-40 

15-17 Again, God’s Message:

 

 

We believe in a God who speaks  God, at an appointed time, His apostles.. that’s why He’s God. He has right over everybody, especially His prophets.

 

“Listen to this!

 

 

 

We should always keep our ears open to the voice of God. He doesn’t shout like the world. Elijah, when he was hiding from Ahab and Jezebel, and he was asked to come out of the cave, there was thunder, earthquake, fire. God wasn’t there. Then, a gentle breeze. Only God’s people know how God speaks. 

Laments coming out of Ramah,

    wild and bitter weeping.

Laments shakes my heart I cannot bear. I don’t know why I cannot bear a child cry. I cannot bear a poor cry. I cannot bear a person who wants to cry cannot cry. Because I cry these days, day and night. Betrayal after betrayal, condemnation after condemnation. My eyes are getting clear, I hope. 

It’s Rachel weeping for her children,

    Rachel refusing all solace.

Nobody can console a mother when she is crying.

Her children are gone,

    gone—long gone into exile.”

 

But God says, “Stop your incessant weeping,

    hold back your tears.

Even God cannot bear cry, weeping, mourning. He’s asking us to hold back our tears. Today, I got this verse. 

Collect wages from your grief work.” God’s Decree.

He’ll give us enough and more. That’s what mother is doing. When a child cries, mother gives more so that the child stop crying.

    “They’ll be coming back home!

Home is the best place where you can feel comfortable. They say East or West, Home is Best.

There’s hope for your children.” God’s Decree.

18-19 

“I’ve heard the contrition of Ephraim.

    Yes, I’ve heard it clearly, saying,

Looks like somebody wrote my condition.

 

‘You trained me well.

Training is most important. 

    You broke me, a wild yearling horse, to the saddle.

Yes, being broken is a part of the training. Yes, horses are meant for race. They go to war, along with the best soldier and horsemen.

 

Now put me, trained and obedient, to use.

 

    You are my God.

 

After those years of running loose, I repented.

If you feel guilty for running away from Him this many years. 

    After you trained me to obedience,

I was ashamed of my past, my wild, unruly past.

Every one of us have a shameful past.

 

    Humiliated, I beat on my chest.

Will I ever live this down?’

Believe in it and pray that you never go back to your past life.

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“Oh! Ephraim is my dear, dear son,

 

    my child in whom I take pleasure!

This word, Jesus heard when he was baptized. Suddenly the sky opened like a dove, suddenly the Holy Spirit descended like a dove, in the presence of John the Baptist.

 

Every time I mention his name,

    my heart bursts with longing for him!

God is happy, God is satisfied. God loves, God wants us to live by Him.

 

Everything in me cries out for him.

Nothing satisfies me. People ask me I have money, land, house. … Nothing satisfies me. 

    Softly and tenderly I wait for him.” God’s Decree.

Who is waiting? God or me?

Don’t make your father wait too long. Return home. He’ll forgive you. Reinstate you as His son, that might infuriate your brothers.

 

Abba, Thank You for my tears. Let Your Spirit help me to use my tears that are invaluable in your sight. Let it be with those who weep, and strengthen the weak. In Jesus’ Most Powerful Name, Amen. 

 

 

எரேமியா 31

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ஆனால் கர்த்தர் கூறுகிறார், “அழுகையை நிறுத்துங்கள்!

    உங்கள் கண்களை கண்ணீரால் நிறைக்காதீர்கள்!

உங்கள் வேலைக்காக நீங்கள் பரிசளிக்கப்படுவீர்கள்!”

“இஸ்ரவேல் ஜனங்கள் தம் பகைவரது நாடுகளிலிருந்து திரும்ப வருவார்கள்.

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இஸ்ரவேலே, உனக்கு நம்பிக்கை இருக்கிறது”

என்று கர்த்தர் சொல்லுகிறார்.

    “உன் பிள்ளைகள் அவர்களது சொந்த நாட்டிற்கு வருவார்கள்.

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எப்பிராயீமின் அழுகையை நான் கேட்டிருக்கிறேன். எப்பிராயீம் இவற்றைச் சொல்கிறதை நான் கேட்டேன்.

    ‘கர்த்தாவே! உண்மையில் நீர் என்னைத் தண்டித்துவிட்டீர்.

    நான் எனது பாடத்தைக் கற்றுக்கொண்டேன்.

    நான் என்றென்றும் பயிற்சி பெறாத கன்றுக்குட்டியைப் போன்று இருந்தேன்.

தயவுசெய்து என்னைத் தண்டிப்பதை நிறுத்தும்.

    நான் திரும்ப உம்மிடம் வருவேன்.

    நீர் உண்மையில் எனது தேவனாகிய கர்த்தர்தான்.

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கர்த்தாவே, நான் உம்மை விட்டு அலைந்து திரிந்தேன்.

    ஆனால் நான் செய்த தீயவற்றைப்பற்றி கற்றுக்கொண்டேன்.

    எனவே நான் எனது வாழ்வையும் மனதையும் மாற்றிக்கொண்டேன்.

நான் இளமையாக இருந்தபோது செய்த முட்டாள்தனமான செயல்களை எண்ணி நான் அவமானமும் நிந்தையும் அடைகிறேன்’” என்றான்.

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தேவன், “எப்பிராயீம் எனது அன்பான மகன் என்பதை நீ அறிகிறாய்.

    நான் அந்தப் பிள்ளையை நேசிக்கிறேன்.

ஆம். நான் அவ்வப்போது எப்பிராயீமை குறை கண்டுப்பிடித்தேன்.

    ஆனால், அவனை இன்னமும் நினைத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.

நான் அவனை மிகவும் நேசிக்கிறேன்.

    நான் உண்மையில் அவனுக்கு ஆறுதல் அளிக்க விரும்புகிறேன்” என்று கர்த்தர் சொல்லுகிறார்.

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