Jeremiah’s Lament and God’s Comfort(Jeremiah 15:10-21) 예레미야의탄식과하나님의위로(예레미야15:10-21)

Jeremiah’s Lament and God’s Comfort(Jeremiah 15:10-21)

예레미야의탄식과하나님의위로(예레미야15:10-21)

1 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11 The Lord said, “Have I not set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? 12 Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze? 13 “Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. 14 I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled tat shall burn forever.” 15 O Lord, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. 16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. 17 I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? 19 Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them. 20 And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declare the Lord. 21 I will deliver you, declares the Lord. 21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

 10 아! 어머니원통합니다. 왜나를낳으셨습니까? 온세상이다나에게시비를걸어오고, 싸움을걸어옵니다. 나는아무에게도빚을진일도없고, 빚을준일도없는데, 모든사람이다나를저주합니다. 11 주께서말씀하셨다. “내가분명히너를강하게해주고, 네가복을누리게하겠다. 네원수가재앙을당하여궁지에빠질때에, 그가너를찾아와서간청하게하겠다.” 12 “누가쇠곧북녘에서오는쇠와놋쇠를부술수있겠느냐? 13유다백성아, 너희가나라구석구석에서지은모든죄값으로, 너희의재산과보물을아무런값도못받은약탈품으로원수에게내주겠다. 14 나는너희를, 너희가알지도못하는땅으로끌고가서, 너희원수들을섬기게하겠다. 내분노가불처럼타올라너희를사를것이다. “ 15 주님, 주님께서는저를아시니, 저를잊지말고돌보아주십시요. 저를핍박하는사람들에게원수를갚아주십시요! 주님께서진노를오래참으시다가그만, 저를잡혀죽게하시는일은없게하여주십시오. 제가주님때문에이렇게수모를당하는줄을, 주님께서알아주십시오. 16만군의주하나님, 저는주님의이름으로불리는사람입니다. 주님께서저에게말씀을주셨을때에, 저는그말씀을받아먹었습니다. 주님의말씀은저에게기쁨이되었고, 제마음에즐거움이되었습니다. 17 저는,웃으며떠들어대는사람들과함께어울려즐거워하지도않습니다. 주님께서채우신분노를가득안은채로, 주님의손에붙들려외롭게앉아있습니다. 18어찌하여저의고통은그치지않습니까? 어찌하여저의상처는낫지않습니까? 주님께서는, 흐르다가도마르고마르다가도흐르는여름철의시냇물처럼, 도무지믿을수없는분이되셨습니다. 19 “ 나주가말한다. 네가돌아오면, 내가너를다시맞아들여나를섬기게하겠다. 또네가천박한것을말하지않고, 귀한말을선포하면, 너는다시나의대변자가될것이다. 너에게로돌아와야할사람들은그들이다. 네가그들에게돌아가서는안된다. 20 내가너를튼튼한놋쇠성벽으로만들어서이백성과맞서게하겠다. 그들이너에게맞서서덤벼들겠지만, 너를이기지못할것이다. 내가반드시너와함께있어서너를도와주고, 너를구원하여주겠다. 나주의말이다. 21 내가너를악인들의손에서도건져내고, 잔악한사람들의손에서도구하여내겠다.”

Personal Application

The prophet lamented being in a position of isolation because he had undertaken the responsibility of delivering God’s word to the people. God rebuked him for this but also promised to protect him. 

선지자는하나님의말씀을맡은것때문에사회적으로고립된자신의처지를한탄하고있다. 그런예레미야에게하나님은책망과또동시에보호의약속도주시고계신다.

God again promised Jeremiah salvation and welfare. God would make Jeremiah strong enough to endure to the end and would prove Jeremiah’s righteousness before his enemies. We must believe that God’s promises will not just remain as memories but that they will be fulfilled. Then, what promise from God, am I holding? I will keep this words that verse 19-21 as God’s promise for me. 

하나님은다시한번예레미야에게구원과복을약속하신다. 끝까지견디도록강하게하실것이고, 원수앞에서의로움을증명해주실것이다. 하나님의약속은단지기억으로남는것이아니고, 현실에서실현되어지는실제적인것임을나는우리는믿어야한다. 그렇다면나는하나님께로부터어떤약속을받았고그것을붙들고있는가? 

나는본문19-21절의말씀을오늘나에게새로이주시는약속의말씀으로믿고기억하고지킬것이다. 주님의약속이이루어지기까지!

The suffering Jeremiah had to endure was not yet over. This was because Judah’s wickedness was extraordinary and sustained. However, the prophet could not give up, because God would keep his promise to be with the prophet, and save and deliver him. Being more anxious and fearful than God permits is to compromise our faith.

Am I keeping my heart by faith from my anxious and fearful situation?

선지자가감내해야할고난은아직도끝이나지않았다. 유다의악이훨씬더깊었기때문이다. 하지만하나님은예레미야를구하시고함께하실것이라는약속을지키실것이다. 그래서그는여전히포기할수없었다. 하나님이허락하신것이상으로걱정하고두려워하는것은불신이다.  그렇다면나는어떤가? 나는내마음을근심과두렵게나를압도하는환경속에서잘지키고있는가?