Ancient Hebrews expected to hear a sermon move from its beginning to its middle – and then back again.
It is such a common phenomenon in ancient Hebrew texts that it may well have been almost unconscious.
Modern Americans expect a three-point sermon where any sub-points closely relate to the main point.
I think it’s often useful for us to hear the chiastic structure of OT texts – but when covering a larger chunk of material, it may be better to summarize what Jeremiah is saying in a more “American” structure:
So let’s look at these three things:
1) What does lack of knowledge look like? 2) How should we respond to this lack of knowledge? and 3) what will God do about this lack of knowledge?
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