Jeremiah 18:15

"Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?"

Key Reflection

This passage uses the image of perpetual snow on Mount Lebanon and its never-failing streams to symbolize God's steadfastness and the unceasing supply of divine blessings, suggesting that even in times of drought or tribulation, these divine provisions will remain constant.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Because - “For.” Jeremiah returns to, and continues the words of,Jeremiah 18:13. Vanity -A word meaning “falsehood,” which signifies that the worship of idols is not merely useless but injurious. They have caused them to stumble -Judah’s prophets and priests were they who made her to errJeremiah 5:31. The idols were of themselves powerless for good or evil. In their ways ... -Or, “in their ways, the everlasting paths, to walk in byways, in a road not cast up. The paths of eternity” carry back the mind not to the immediate but to the distant past, and suggest the good old ways in which the patriarchs used to walk.

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