Daily reading 7/23/2013 (originally published here: kkpca.wordpress/2010/07/20/exile/) Exile [2] “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, [3] because of the evil that they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to make offerings and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. [4] Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ [5] But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. [6] Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. [7] And now thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? [8] Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? [9] Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, the evil of the kings of Judah, the evil of their wives, your own evil, and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? [10] They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers. Jeremiah 44:2-10 All the judgements that the prophets spoke against the rebellious people of Judah and Jerusalem has come to pass. The city has been destroyed, and the people exiled to Babylon. You’d think this final act of judgement would be enough to show the people the error of their ways and convict them of their sin. But, alas, as this passage shows, the people continue on in their idolatry and denial of God and His Law. We’re forced to once again ponder the need for a New Covenant, as neither the blessings nor curses of the Mosaic Covenant had the effect of changing God’s people from the inside out.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:52:20 +0000
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