In addition to the New International Version of the Bible (Biblica, 2011), the following resources were used to help write this sermon: Walter Brueggemann, A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming, pp. 157-70; R.E. Clements, Jeremiah in the Interpretation Commentary, pp. 104-09; J. Daniel Hays, Jeremiah and Lamentations in the Teach the Text Commentary Series, pp. 117-23; Philip Graham Ryken, Jeremiah & Lamentations in the Preaching the Word Commentary, pp. 263-80; Kevin Sheehan, A Fruitful Tree in the Desert, Church of the Resurrection, Wheaton, IL, 7-5-20.