In today’s passage, Jeremiah relays the word of the Lord how futile it is to act like other nations who try to read their future in the stars, whose gods are one they carve from trees they cut down. These false gods are helpless, cannot speak, have no breath or power, and need to be carried from place to place. He compares these gods to the one true God, the living and everlasting King, the one who made the earth by his power and preserves it by his wisdom. Jeremiah reminds the people once again of the broken covenant.
Apparently,the people were not happy with Jeremiah’s message since they sought to destroy him and his words. These people promised to kill Jeremiah if he did not stop prophesying in the Lord’s name, but God had Jeremiah under his protection.
Have you ever wondered why it seems like wicked people prosper and why the Lord doesn’t punish them? Jeremiah certainly did.
Jeremiah also prophesied against the evil nations that were trying to take the land that belonged to the Lord’s people Israel. God promised to bring the people of Israel back to their own lands again.
The Lord uses a loincloth to teach Jeremiah an object lesson about how the Lord will rot away the pride of Judah and Jerusalem.
Tomorrow, we’ll be reading Jeremiah 14 - 17.
Until next time…
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