Jeremiah 11:1-23
Israel and Judah do not obey the terms of the covenant- God made with their forefathers when they had been brought out of Egypt. They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to listen to God's words. They have followed other gods to serve them.
They have as many gods as they have towns of Judah; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Bass are as may as the streets of Jerusalem.
Do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
Because the Lord revealed their plot to Jeremiah, he knew it - they planed to cut him off from the land of the living, for at that time he showed he what they were doing. Jeremiah pray to the Lord, let him see the vengeance upon them, for he has committed his cause.
The men of Anathoth said 'Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord or you will die by our hands', so the Lord said,' Nor even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.'
The evidence of sins what men of Judah have done are very clear and serious, so the wrath of the Lord poured upon them, even no one left there.
Why?
The terns of God's covenant-agreement with his people, made at Sinai after the exodus, are still in force.
By persistent disobedience to God's law, and by idol-worship, Judah has broken that agreement and come under the curse.
Jeremiah must go and tell the people. Nor does God want him to pray on their behalf. it sounds as if God has had may such pleas from the prophet!
Jeremiah's message aroused such intense anger that the people of Anathoth, his home town, were prepared to kill him if he didn't stop. It i God keeping his promise to protect the prophet, who alerts Jeremiah to the danger.
How?
The Lord is good, his wrath came is for his righteous, people die in his own sins, the Lord had let them know his warning. Jeremiah pray to the Lord for his people, so I should continue pray for my friends and relatives turn to the Lord. The Lord
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