Time Out, Episode 69

Text: Jeremiah 31:1-34
Hymn: 846, Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Kretzmann Commentary: Jeremiah
Bonus Bumper: There is a Balm in Gilead

I originally wanted to put all of Jeremiah 31 on the program. The chapter has all sorts of good stuff: the prophecy of the new covenant, the prophecy of the slaughter of the Holy Innocents, Israel and Judah reunited and reseeded, et cetera.

The hymn is also quite catchy. Sing it through a couple of times, and it’ll get rid of a lot of bad ear worms.

Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old

1. Your hand, O Lord, in days of old
   Was strong to heal and save;
   It triumphed over ills and death,
   O’er darkness and the grave.
   To You they came, the blind, the mute,
   The palsied and the lame,
   The lepers in their misery,
   The sick with fevered frame.
2. Your touch then, Lord, brought life and health,
   Gave speech and strength and sight;
   And youth renewed and frenzy calmed
   Revealed You, Lord of light.
   And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
   Almighty as before,
   In crowded street, by beds of pain,
   As by Gennes’ret’s shore.
3. Oh, be our great deliv’rer still,
   The Lord of life and death;
   Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
   With your life giving breath.
   To hands that work and eyes that see.
   Give wisdom’s healing power
   That whole and sick and weak and strong
   May praise you evermore.