Wood - Jeremiah, Lamentations

To
Eudora Baptist Church,
Memphis, Tennessee
(including the thousands of people,
living and dead,
who have been and still are a blessing
to my family and me),
where I had the privilege of serving as
pastor for thirty-one years,
and who designated me as pastor
emeritus on retirement.
May God bless you!
Fred M. Wood

To
Hsu Shaolu
(with apologies to the Tang Dynasty
poet Li Bai)
Taohua Tanshui shen qian chi,
Bu ji Xiaolu ai wo qing.
However deep the Lake of Peach
Blossoms may be,
It's not so deep, O Shaolu, as your
love for me.
Ross H. McLaren

Editorial Preface

Today's church hungers for Bible teaching, and Bible teachers hunger for resources to guide them in teaching God's Word. The Holman Old Testament Commentary provides the church with the food to feed the spiritually hungry in an easily digestible format. The result: new spiritual vitality that the church can readily use.

Bible teaching should result in new interest in the Scriptures, expanded Bible knowledge, discovery of specific scriptural principles, relevant applications, and exciting living. The unique format of the Holman Old Testament Commentary includes sections to achieve these results for every Old Testament book.

Opening quotations stimulate thinking and lead to an introductory illustration and discussion that draw individuals and study groups into the Word of God. Verse-by-verse commentary interprets the passage with the aim of equipping them to understand and live God's Word in a contemporary setting. A conclusion draws together the themes identified in the passage under discussion and suggests application for it. A Life Application section provides additional illustrative material. Deeper Discoveries gives the reader a closer look at some of the words, phrases, and background material that illuminate the passage. Issues for Discussion is a tool to enhance learning within the group. Finally, a closing prayer is suggested. Bible teachers and pastors will find the teaching outline helpful as they develop lessons and sermons.

It is the editors' prayer that this new resource for local church Bible teaching will enrich the ministry of group, as well as individual, Bible study and that it will lead God's people truly to be people of the Book, living out what God calls us to be.

Holoman Old Testament
Commentary Contributors

Vol. 1 Genesis

ISBN 9780-805494617

Kenneth O. Gangel and Stephen Bramer

Vol. 2 Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers

ISBN 9780-805494624

Glen Martin

Vol. 3 Deuteronomy

ISBN 9780-805494631

Doug McIntosh

Vol. 4 Joshua

ISBN 9780-805494648

Kenneth O. Gangel

Vol. 5 Judges, Ruth

ISBN 9780-805494655

W. Gary Phillips

Vol. 6 1 & 2 Samuel

ISBN 9780-805494662

Stephen Andrews

Vol. 7 1 & 2 Kings

ISBN 9780-805494679

Gary Inrig

Vol. 8 1 & 2 Chronicles

ISBN 9780-805494686

Winfried Corduan

Vol. 9 Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

ISBN 9780-805494693

Knute Larson and Kathy Dahlen

Vol. 10 Job

ISBN 9780-805494709

Stephen J. Lawson

Vol. 11 Psalms 172

ISBN 9780-805494716

Steve J. Lawson

Vol. 12 Psalms 73150

ISBN 9780-805494815

Steve J. Lawson

Vol. 13 Proverbs

ISBN 9780-805494723

Max Anders

Vol. 14 Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

ISBN 9780-805494822

David George Moore and Daniel L. Akin

Vol. 15 Isaiah

ISBN 9780-805494730

Trent C. Butler

Vol. 16 Jeremiah, Lamentations

ISBN 9780-805494747

Fred C. Wood and Ross McLaren

Vol. 17 Ezekiel

ISBN 9780-805494754

Mark F. Rooker

Vol. 18 Daniel

ISBN 9780-805494761

Kenneth O. Gangel

Vol. 19 Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah

ISBN 9780-805494778

Trent C. Butler

Vol. 20 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

ISBN 9780-805494785

Stephen R. Miller

Holoman New Testament
Commentary Contributors

Vol. 1 Matthew

ISBN 9780-805402018

Stuart K. Weber

Vol. 2 Mark

ISBN 9780-805402025

Rodney L. Cooper

Vol. 3 Luke

ISBN 9780-805402032

Trent C. Butler

Vol. 4 John

ISBN 9780-805402049

Kenneth O. Gangel

Vol. 5 Acts

ISBN 9780-805402056

Kenneth O. Gangel

Vol. 6 Romans

ISBN 9780-805402063

Kenneth Boa and William Kruidenier

Vol. 7 1 & 2 Corinthians

ISBN 9780-805402070

Richard L. Pratt Jr.

Vol. 8 Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians

ISBN 9780-805402087

Max Anders

Vol. 9 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2
Timothy, Titus, Philemon

ISBN 9780-805402094

Knute Larson

Vol. 10 Hebrews, James

ISBN 9780-805402117

Thomas D. Lea

Vol. 11 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, Jude

ISBN 9780-805402100

David Walls & Max Anders

Vol. 12 Revelation

ISBN 9780-805402124

Kendell H. Easley

Holoman Old Testament
Commentary

Twenty volumes designed for Bible study and teaching to enrich the local church and God's people.

Introduction to

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English historian Lord Macaulay wrote:

It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than that of a great man, condemned to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country, to tend it during the alternate fits of stupefaction and raving which precede its destruction, and to see the symptoms of vitality disappear one by one, till nothing is left but coldness, darkness, and corruption.

Yet Jeremiah of Anathoth found this exact fate thrust upon him! All of the Old Testament prophets ministered during crisis periods in their nation's history. Jeremiah, however, faced not only personal opposition and emotional trauma but physical discomfort and pain as well. Like our Savior, Jeremiah grieved over the sins of his people. The prophet wore these scars as badges of bravery, credentials of consecration, and tokens of triumph. Jeremiah combined in his life and ministry the salient features of both our Redeemer and his greatest interpreter.

As you prepare your mind and heart to teach this book, you will find God sent more than a series of sermons to ancient Judah. He sent a man! In these fifty-two chapters you will meet a prophet who delivered God's message not just with his lips but with his heart and his life. May the Lord bless as you prepare to share his message with those whom you lead.