WHY PROPHETS WEEP
JER. 13:9-17
IS IT THE WORD
OF THE LORD, OR MINE?
IS IT MY PRIDE
CAUSING STRIFE, OR THINE?
DID I BECOME
AUTHOR OF THE WORD?
JUST BY TELLING
WHAT FROM GOD I’VE HEARD?
IF I DON’T TELL
WHAT GOD COMMANDED
THE JUDGE OF ALL
DEEMS ME BLOOD-HANDED
JUDGMENT WILL COME
DAMNATION YOU’LL SEE,
EVEN IF YOU
CAN DISREGARD ME.
TEARING ME DOWN
SLANDERING MY NAME
CHANGES NOTHING
GOD’S WORD IS THE SAME
I AM A MAN
I’VE FEELINGS LIKE YOU,
I’M REALLY YOUR FRIEND
IF YOU ONLY KNEW.
BECAUSE I AM HIS,
A MESSENGER TRUE,
MUST I BE HATED,
IS THIS MY DUE?
I’D LOVE TO TELL
HOW GOOD YOU’RE DOING
HOW BLESS’D YOU’RE FATE;
WITH GENTLE WOOING
TO SEE YOU SMILE
ADMIRING MY GRACE,
YET SEEING NOT
THE LYING DISGRACE
YOU’D LOVE ME SURE
BUT WOULD I LOVE YOU?
TO FEED YOU LIES
AND NOT TELL YOU TRUE?
ARE YOU SO ENFLAMED
AGAINST GOD’S LIGHT
THAT EVEN THE
MESSENGERS YOU FIGHT?
CAN YOU NOT BE
OBJECTIVE AND SEE
THAT NOT A WORD
IS AUTHORED BY ME?
IT’S NOT AT ME,
BUT AT GOD YOU RAIL
SHOULD NOT THIS TRUTH
CAUSE YOUR FACE TO PALE
O, DEAR BROTHER,
CONSIDER YOUR END.
REALIZE THE TRUTH
THE PROPHET’S YOUR FRIEND.
HUMBLE YOURSELVES!
HEAR GOD’S CLEAR WORD!
RECONCILE NOW!
RETURN TO THE LORD!
BUT IF YOU’RE TOO PROUD
TO FEAR WHAT YOU’LL REAP;
IN SECRET PLACES
MY SOUL SHALL WEEP.
BRO. MARK BULLEN 12-06