...observations and ramblings from a learner and traveler...

20 June 2007

Jeremiah against Judah

The message of Jeremiah is one of incredible faithfulness in declaring God's Word. As I have been reading through it, the tone has been one continually of judgment upon rebellion. The Lord would send Jeremiah with a message for Judah, and Judah would ignore it and/or attack Jeremiah. This went on until Jerusalem was sacked and utterly destroyed, and the people were carried to Babylon. And of those who were left, their governor was murdered, and virtually every remaining Jew fled to Egypt. And in chapter 44, Jeremiah brings them a message of more judgment if there was still no repentance. And the people say to Jeremiah, "We will not listen to you" (vs. 16). Then, they detail how they will continue to worship the queen of heaven.
Yet Jeremiah continues to speak the Word of the Lord to them faithfully. God grant us that kind of faithfulness to His Word, in the face of everything that is thrown against us, to say every word that He has given.

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