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The word of the Lord came to me, saying, *2* “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,
“I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
*3*Israel was holy to the Lord,
the firstfruits of his harvest.
All who ate of it incurred guilt;
disaster came upon them,
declares the Lord.”
*4* Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
*5*Thus says the Lord:
“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
*6*They did not say, ”Where is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’
*7*And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.
*8*The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.
*9*“Therefore I still contend with you,
declares the Lord,
and with your children’s children I will contend.
*10*For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
or send to Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.
*11*Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people /i/have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
*12*Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord,
*13*for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
*14*“Is Israel a slave?
Is he a homeborn servant?
Why then has he become a prey?
*15*The lions have roared against him;
they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
*16*Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have shaved the crown of your head.
*17*Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when he led you in the way?
*18*And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
*19*Your evil will chastise you,
and your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and bitter
for you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
\\ 1 The word came *saying –* God's word speaks
2 The word of God is not to be kept private.
Nor here is it for the pagan nations threatening Jerusalem, but for God's people.
We must preach to the church
Judgement is never divorced from God's love.
It is the love God has for his people which makes their apostasy all the worse.
If we neglect such a great salvation...
3 Israel was holy, so everyone who came against them was punished.
Now that Israel is not holy... How do we set up our sermons?
Perhaps a non-obvious start will grab people's attention better.
I imagine when Jeremiah preached this word he initially made people very happy!
4 The word is for everyone.
There is no one in Israel to whom it does not apply.
5 The answer has to be none.
They strayed because they were sinful, not because God had left them.
You become what you worship.
Does Israel not remember these lessons?
Do we forget them too?
They were written for our instruction.
1 Cor 10:1-13
6 The ancestors did not question God.
They did not think that he had left them.
They had run off themselves.
God was faithful in the most inhospitable land – the point is rammed home.
No one passed through that land, yet God brought Israel through.
No one lives there, yet God sustained a whole nation for years.
7 Not only did he sustain them in a dry land, but brought them into a land of plenty to enjoy its fruits.
This is not a God who seeks to take away our enjoyment.
Yes, Israel is the firstfruits of God's harvest for God to enjoy, yet Israel is also to enjoy the land given them.
But instead they wrecked the land.
What was fruitful became desolate – a picture of Israel themselves, who were firstfruits but are in danger of becoming a waste.
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