Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved

Jeremiah 4:1-31

Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: ‘Sound the trumpet throughout the land!’ Cry aloud and say: ‘Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!’ Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant. So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved.  How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.

This is what the Lord says: The whole land will be ruined, though I will not destroy it completely. Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow dark, because I have spoken and will not relent, I have decided and will not turn back.

Why?

The disaster comes from the north, even terrible destruction. the Lord has claimed through Jeremiah.

The only way to escape this disaster is to wash the evil from your heart and be saved.

A lion means Babylon came from the north.

God is sad for his people to have wicked thoughts and didn't know the right way or even know not how to do good. 

My people are fools; they do not know me. How about me?

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第三章講悔改，本章講災難要臨到。表示悔改，回到主面前、屬靈的事必須趕快。我們是否看為緊急。

1.1-4真正悔改是從心裏的悔改. 不要撒種在乾地。 割禮代表除去內心的污穢，猶大有祭司有宗教的活動，所以他們覺得不需要悔改。一切看來都很好。

2. 5-10災難來臨，吹角、呼叫、豎立旗，可以看到、聽到這些警報。最應該知道的是祭司、先知。今天最應該先知道的是教會，教會的長老、傳道。

3.11-18: 禍患真的來了，守望者已經看到了。

4.19-22:先知的哀嘆與神的安慰. 先知寫這些事使用完成式，卻不是用未完成式，表示已經發生了。你有智慧行惡，卻沒有知識行善

5.23-31 23節倒退回到創造的開始。當人離開神的時候，神建立的秩序都混亂了。神的回應審判一定要執行。

耶路撒冷啊，你當洗去心中的惡，使你可以得救。神還是留一條路給人。這個世界沒有一個地方安穩，全球的地震，災難等信號我們看見了嗎？

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How?

Be aware and keep the faith in the Lord, Be humble and may my life walk in the way of the Lord.