Jeremiah 6 -- The Hope Is Gone

God’s words in this paragraph are vastly different from what we’re used to hearing.  There is no, “Come back to Me.”  He declares war against His people, directs, the attack coming soon, and delivers the verdict, my commentary said.  Why the change? 

God said through Jeremiah:  “Inside Jerusalem is nothing but slavery [to sin] … The people of Israel have closed ears … They don’t like the word of the Lord; they don’t want to listen to it! … They said, ‘It’s all right, it’s all right.’  But really, it is not all right … They don’t even know how to blush about their sins … I am going to bring disaster to the people of Judah because of the evil they plan.  They have not listened to My messages and have rejected My teachings … I will put problems in front of Judah.  Fathers and sons will stumble over them together.”

“God called the Gentiles and the earth to bear witness that He had done all He could to spare them this judgment.  They would not walk on His path, and they would not listen to His prophets… God gave them the right way, but they rejected it.  There could be no escape.”

Father, these people thought that a new way was the right way, but that didn’t work out very well for them.  Help us to review what we are doing and to change what isn’t working so that we can learn more from You.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford