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. 312-18; R.E. Clements, Jeremiah in the Interpretation Commentary, pp. 198-201; J. Daniel Hays, Jeremiah and Lamentations in the Teach the Text Commentary Series, pp. 242-47; Trevor McMaken, The Return of the Shepherd-King, Church of the Resurrection, Wheaton, IL, 8-9-20; Philip Graham Ryken, Jeremiah & Lamentations in the Preaching the Word Commentary, pp. 497-513.