Jeremiah 6-8

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Chapter 6:

10 To whom can I speak and give warning?
Who will listen to me?
Their ears are closed ^[a]
so they cannot hear.
The word of the LORD is offensive to them;
they find no pleasure in it.

He’s sitting there yelling out all these threats. If these people have ever had a hard day, it is nothing compared to what the Lord is about to make of their lives. He’s promising to rip everything right out of their lives, and they don’t even care. They are still so stubborn in their ways.

11 But I am full of the wrath of the LORD,
and I cannot hold it in.
"Pour it out on the children in the street
and on the young men gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
and the old, those weighed down with years.

15 Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when I punish them,"
says the LORD.

I can imagine God walking around, pacing back and forth, shaking his head and his fists saying, “oh my me, (haha) they have really screwed it up this time, they have no idea what’s coming to them.” But he keeps shouting threats, for what 3 chapters now? It’s like a parent saying, “you know what I’m going to do…” and hating every second of that punishment. How much he does not want to punish His people.

30 They are called rejected silver,
because the LORD has rejected them."

Chapter 7:

And after all that, He still loves, He says, “change your ways and I will let you live in this place.” It’s almost like the stupid girlfriend that keeps going back to the horrible boyfriend just hoping he’ll change. But really, there is no last chance with the everlasting love that God has for us and He knows that we are really only harming ourselves, “19 But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?”

He goes on pacing back and forth shaking his head. They (we) won’t listen, no matter what He says or does. It just doesn’t make sense to me. He knows that we’re really just hurting ourselves (and He’s hurt because of this), and He knows that we will not change our ways, because we are too busy worshipping our idols, and yet He still tries. He still pursues us.

Chapter 8:

And then, the people are hopeless. They chose their own fate. They would prefer death over life (8:3). And He goes on to say how silly we are; how much He has given us, and how we’re still so dumb. We act like Christians, and say “we have the law” on Sunday but then we go on to our day to day activities. And we become numb,

11 They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
"Peace, peace," they say,
when there is no peace.

I’m not saying that we are these horrible Israelites, because we ARE trying, but we are all sinners and always will be. And all God wants is our love. And compassion to each other:

22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no healing
for the wound of my people?

It goes along with what Bri was saying; that we can make a difference. Sometimes I’m not fully into my faith because I feel like my life is all laid out for me anyways, and He already knows what’s going to happen, like pre-destination I guess. But it’s MY life! And I can choose. I can choose to be an idol worshipping Israelite and choose death. Or I can be a God-fearing, God-loving woman and choose LIFE!!