A good while ago, i used a VHS tape with Walter brueggemann that did a good job on this passage.
1) First, notice the anti-creation theme of this passage, as it is a return to the pre-creation chaos, as if genesis 1 is being reversed.
2) As usual, even here, at the end of the unit, God cannot bear to make a "full end" of the work of creation.
3) It seems here that nature itself will mourn the moral turn of humanity. In some cultures, sin is like a stain on the entire environment, and this sounds similar to me.
4) I suppose one could link the threat of climate change to a passage such as this.
5) A lot of the business futurist material that seems to captivate ecclesial leaders sees the creative potential in chaos, but jeremiah does not seem to share this rosy imagining.What are the negative consequences of choas/anarchy/shaking of the foundations?
6) Does this passage affect your idea of development of apocalyptic material?
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