Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
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Emotion Tone
Anger
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Author and Date
Jeremiah
External Evidence
Attributed by early Jewish tradition
Several non-Hebrew manuscripts include attributions to him in their opening lines
Internal Evidence
Similar ideas in both the prophecy and the lament
Jeremiah Lamentations
30:14 1:2
49:12 4:21
9:1, 18 1:16, 2:11
19:9 2:20, 4:10
Style and Structure
A lament—a cry of grief and anguish
Series of 5 dirges
Poetic structure (in Hebrew) gave it an incomplete meter 3+2 beat
dah, dah, dah; dah, dah....
Chapters 1-4 have an acrostic pattern; 5 does not (follows alphabet)
One oddity within that structure: two letters in reverse order in two chapters
Acrostic could have been a mnemonic device
…or a symbol of the complete destruction of the city
1, 2, 4, 5 each have 22 verses; 3 has 66
Chiasm
Chapter 1: Jerusalem’s desolation
Lament and plea for mercy
Chapter 2: God’s judgment
God’s anger, Jeremiah’s grief, his plea
Chapter 3: Jeremiah’s Response
Jeremiah’s affliction, his hope, his prayer
Chapter 4: The Lord’s anger
Before and after the siege, causes of the siege, call for vindication
Chapter 5: Remnant’s Response
prayer for remembrance, …for restoration
That is pretty much the outline
Takeaways
The reality of the penalty of system, national sin
The nation of Israel forgot its roots
Much of this book parallels Deut.
28, the curses for failing to follow the law
The wonderful promise chapter 3:22-24
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