Jeremiah 37:1-21
King Zedekiah, neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
That's not true! Jeremiah said. "I am not deserting to the Babylonians." But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the Lord?” “Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.”
Zedekiah is king, the year 588, and Jerusalem is temporarily reprieved from the besieging Babylonians. Jeremiah's counsel to surrender to an enemy from whom there will be no escape lands from him in his deepest trouble yet. Setting out to inspect his property at Anathoth he is arrested as a deserter, beaten and shut up in a cellar. An appeal to the king, who is anxious to know God's word but lacks faith and courage to act on it, wins him a move to the place courtyard, but he remains in close custody on a daily ration of bread as long as supplies last.
Why?
To be a prophet of the Lord deliver God's message to people, but they do not listen and angry with Jeremiah for he said the truth, which is they unlike message, they even though Jeremiah is deserved to Babylonians.
King Zedekiah saved Jeremiah from official's prison, for he want to hear some message from the Lord, but did not really like to listen and obey God's word.
Is there any word from the Lord? People like to hear some news.
How?
Listen to the word of God and obey his command. There is no good news always, the good news is Jesus is our savior, trust in Jesus will be saved.
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