Chapter 714 of 1163

JEREMIAH 2

Why was judgment coming to the nation of Judah? Because the people were unfaithful to God and had mixed the worship of Jehovah with the worship of heathen idols. Religion was very popular in Judah, but it was not very spiritual.

Judah was an unfaithful wife who had not maintained her “honeymoon love” (vv. 2 , 32; Rev. 2:4). The people were a wasted harvest devoured by the enemy (v. 3). They forgot what God did for them and turned to false gods (vv. 4–8). It was like exchanging a pure artesian well for a dirty, leaky cistern (vv. 9–13).

They were stubborn animals that hated the yoke (v. 20) and a degenerate vine that bore no fruit (v. 21; Isa. 5). Their sins were so deep that they could not be washed away (v. 22). Like wild animals in heat (vv. 23–25), they lusted after sin; yet they denied that they had sinned (vv. 33–36)!

The last picture is that of prisoners of war, marching away with their hands on their heads (v. 37). What the people thought was freedom turned out to be slavery.

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