Read: Jeremiah 14:1-16:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:10-3:13; Psalm 80:1-19; Proverbs 25;1-5
God told Jeremiah to tell the people that in spite of their disbelief that anything bad would happen to them, it was coming. The prophets that prophesied peace were exposed for being false. God would bring destruction and they would receive the thing they said would not happen. Even Moses and Samuel would not be able to change his mind. They would receive one of the four outcomes: death, war, starvation, or captivity. God would use four means to destroy and devour them: the sword, dogs, fowls of heaven, and the beasts of the earth.
God’s only compassion would be shown to the remnant. They would be sent to a foreign land but one day God would redeem them out of the hand of the tyrant of that land. When they went to the foreign land, they were not to marry or have children there. If they did, they would die a painful death and not be allowed to mourn or bury them. There will be no joy in that land and when people ask, why God is so hard on them they are to tell them that it was their fault. Their fathers had forsaken the Lord and they had done worse.
When the time of judgment was over, God would bring them back to Israel.
Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to walk worthy of God. He lamented that he was not able to come himself, but sent Timothy to minister to them, establish them and comfort them concerning their faith.
Lord, may we be established and rooted firmly in You.
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