[:en]SCRIPTURE: JEREMIAH 8
“How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely? The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Wince they have rejected the word of the Lord, what kind of wisdom do they have?” (Jeremiah 8:8-9)
“We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there was only terror” (Jeremiah 8:15)
“O my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me. Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is here King no longer there?” (Jeremiah 8:18-19)
SINS OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
- They clung to deceit and refuse to return (v. 5)
- They do not say what is right and do not repent from wickedness (v. 6)
- They do not know the requirements of God (v. 7)
- They have rejected the word of the Lord (v. 9)
- They have false confidence of peace (v. 11)
- They are not ashamed of their loathsome conduct (v. 12)
PUNISHMENTS:
- There will be no grapes on the vince, no figs on the tree (v. 13)
- They have poison water to drink (v. 14)
- There was no peace nor healing (v. 15)
- They are not saved (v. 29)
We have to listen to God’s calling for repentance. Otherwise, when the sickness was too serious, there is no medicine available for cure. “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near” (Isa. 55:6)
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