Thursday, November 3, 2022

Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

Jeremiah 27:1-22

Early in the reign of Zedekiah. This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.

So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the Lord.

I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. 

yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.

Why?

People like peace and don't like war, but when people turn away from the Lord, there is no peace and save. War and famine and death are coming for their deeds. Can we identify what is the real word of the Lord?

The word of the Lord is to give us confidence and remind us to do the right things. And usually, bring judgment and warning. It is not the word we like.

How?

Don't like the beautiful word and like the truth. Let the Holy Spirit leads my way in the right direction and goes closer to the Lord. Let the Holy Spirit fill in me!




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