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I. The invasion from the North (5-18).
A. A call to action (5-6).
Notice in verses 1-2 there are nine verbs.
You can sense the anxiousness in the text.
The people of God need to prepare themselves:
Declare in Judah
Proclaim in Jerusalem
Blow the trumpet through the land- a call to attention
Cry aloud
Assemble
Let us go
Raise a standard toward Zion
Flee for safety
Stay not
The people of God need to flee into areas such as Jerusalem that have walls of protection.
B. The reason for the call to action (7-9).
1.
The enemy described (7).
The enemy is like a lion coming from the forest to destroy the nation.
Lion- A powerful predator.
One to be feared, untamed.
2. The end revealed (7).
“Your cities will be ruins without inhabitants”
Note the land and the people would be affected.
Here the destruction of Jerusalem as well as the deportation to Jerusalem is prophesied.
3. The response God desired (9).
God desired humility and repentance.
That’s how they should respond to the coming invasion.
4. The terror of the day (9-10).
“for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us.”
They would not repent and therefore the ager of the Lord would result in the destruction of the Southern kingdom.
Everyone will be afraid.
Notice all the people mentioned in verse 9.
Kings
Officials
Priests
Prophets
For the most part all of these people were wicked.
They were bold in their sin.
But now they are terrified.
This prophesy foretells Babylon ruled by Nebuchadnezzar coming to destroy the people of God.
But we should not miss the fact that God is the one who is disciplining His people.
He is simply using Babylon as His tool.
C. The people will suffer (10-12).
Verse ten has been difficult for many to understand.
Is Jeremiah saying the LORD deceived the people?
Jeremiah says “You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem saying, “It shall be well with you, whereas the sword has reached their life.”
As we read the book, we will see there are false prophets who are telling the people of God Jeremiah is a liar.
They will tell the people everything is going to be ok.
There are two possible solutions as to why Jeremiah says the Lord deceived the people:
1) The Lord allowed the false prophets to prophecy falsely.
2) Jeremiah is quoting the false prophets.
There is no reason to believe God would purposely mislead His people.
In fact He is calling them to repentance.
Jeremiah is certainly not preaching peace.
He says the message of a coming invasion will continue to be preached.
In fact, he says the army coming will be a like a hot wind blowing across the land.
The wind will be so hard it will not be profitable.
Wind could be used for winnowing.
Wheat would be tossed into the air and a gentle wind would separate the wheat from the chaff.
This wind would be so great if blew everything, both good and bad, away.
When the invasion comes everyone will suffer.
Even faithful Jews will be killed, scattered or deported.
A nation that forsakes God can expect this type of treatment.
Godly people who live in an ungodly nation may suffer the physical effects of the discipline of God.
D. Judah, the Lord and Jeremiah speak (13-18).
1. Judah (13)- They see the invading army coming.
The dust behind their chariots looks like clouds.
They come on war horses that travel as swift as an eagle.
Judah recognizes that judgment is indeed coming upon them.
2. Jeremiah (14-16)- He calls the people to cleanse themselves from evil so that the Lord will stop the invading army.
Notice that he identifies the heart and the mind as the problem.
Repentance is a change of mind about sin that leads to a change of direction from the heart.
The warning Jeremiah gives extends from Dan to Mount Ephraim.
Dan was the Northern most part of Israel.
Mount Ephraim was near Jerusalem.
The invaders would come from the North and make their way all they way to Jerusalem.
The people in these areas would be warned.
Yet they would not listen.
Once the invasion began the people who lived in these regions could do nothing to stop Babylon.
All they could do was confirm that the enemy had arrived and was moving from one side of Israel to the other.
3. God speaks (16b-18).
He says the enemies would be like “keepers of a field”.
This refers to the practice of shepherds camping around their herd.
This enabled them to keep the herd penned in.
Babylon would trap Judah.
There would be nowhere for them to go.
There would be no escaping this ungodly nation.
Notice verses 17-18.
The Lord is sure to say that it is not His fault.
Their deeds have brought this on.
The consequences of their sin would reach to their heart.
Life would be bitter.
Sorrow would engulf them.
God has warned them.
They would not repent and He is honest with them.
Life is going to become very difficult.
II.
The broken heart of Jeremiah (19-22).
A. He is in anguish (19).
Look at verse 19.
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