That’s why Jeremiah’s prophetic call is described by God this way: “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant” (Jer. 1:9–10). In no prophet’s ministry, in either Testament, is the prophetic calling merely one of pulling down, or of “discerning” error. The call to repentance is itself a word of hope because the voice crying in the wilderness is preparing the way for the revealing of the glory of the Lord (Isa. 40:1–5). And the glory came to have a name:
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