Verse 1: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you," God declared, "Before you were born I set you apart, A prophet to nations prepared." "I'm only a child," Jeremiah said, "I don't know how to speak," But God touched his mouth and gave him words, For the strong and for the weak. Chorus: The weeping prophet, tears like rain, For a people who won't turn, "Return to me," the message clear, But their hearts refused to learn. Forty years he faithfully spoke, Through persecution, pain, The weeping prophet loved his people, Though his words were all in vain. Verse 2: "Do not trust in deceptive words, 'The temple of Jehovah,'" He stood at the gate and warned them all, To return to God's accord. They threw him in a cistern deep, In mud he sank down low, But Ebed-melech pulled him out, While Babylon's threat would grow. Chorus: The weeping prophet, tears like rain, For a people who won't turn, "Return to me," the message clear, But their hearts refused to learn. Forty years he faithfully spoke, Through persecution, pain, The weeping prophet loved his people, Though his words were all in vain. Bridge: "I will make a new covenant," God promised through his voice, "Not like the one their fathers broke, But written in their hearts by choice. I will be their God," He said, "And they will be my people true, For I will forgive their wickedness, And remember their sins no more through and through." Final Chorus: The weeping prophet, tears like rain, For a people who wouldn't turn, "Return to me," the message clear, But their hearts refused to learn. Forty years he faithfully spoke, Through persecution, pain, The weeping prophet loved his people, And his words were not in vain. The new covenant he foretold, Would be worth more than gold.
