This article was originally written for Christ Hold Fast. Whenever the Book of Jeremiah comes up in a sermon, a noticeably gloomy cloud descends on the entire auditorium. Jeremiah, as I am sure you have heard before, is known as the “weeping prophet,” or even the “prophet of doom” in some circles. If Scripture is like the “Hundred Acre Wood,” then Jeremiah is Eeyore. The message with which he was charged to proclaim to Jehovah’s people by Jehovah himself was one that Jeremiah perpetually despaired in giving. His errand was one of an imminent future of judgment and wrath and divine fury. It was seasoned with the need for turning back or else endure the potency of God’s justice.