“At that time,” says the LORD, “they the Babylonian army will abring out from their graves the 1bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.The graves were opened to get any treasure they might contain, but the bones were scattered in order to humiliate and intimidate the Jews.Ezek 6:5 2 They will carelessly scatter and spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the ahost of heaven, which the dead have loved and which they have served, and which they have walked after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered bor be buried; cthey will be like 1dung on the face of the earth.The man-made gods of the stars and the moon and the sun were of no help to their worshipers.2 Kin 23:5; Jer 19:13; Zeph 1:5; Acts 7:42Jer 22:19; 36:302 Kin 9:37; Ps 83:10; Jer 9:22 3 And adeath will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those who remain of this evil family , who remain in all the bplaces to which I have driven them,” says the LORD of hosts.Job 3:21, 22; 7:15, 16; Jon 4:3; Rev 9:6Deut 30:1, 4; Jer 23:3, 8; 29:14 4 “Moreover Jeremiah, you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD,“Do men afall and not rise up again?Does one turn away from God and not repent and return to Him?Prov 24:16; Amos 5:2; Mic 7:8
The Sin and Treachery of Judah
5 “Why then has this people of JerusalemaTurned away with a perpetual turning away from Me?They bhold tightly to 1deceit ;They crefuse to repent and return to God.Idolatry is deceitful because in their idolatry men and women worship that which is false and worthless. It deludes the worshipers and causes them to believe a lie.Jer 5:6; 7:24Jer 5:27; 9:6Jer 5:36 “I ahave listened and heard,But they have spoken what is not right;bNo man repented of his wickedness,Saying, ‘What have I done?’Everyone turns to his individual course,As the chorse rushes like a torrent into battle.Ps 14:2; Mal 3:16Ezek 22:30; Mic 7:2; Rev 9:20Job 39:21-257 “Even the stork in the skyaKnows her seasons of migration,And the bturtledove, the swallow and the craneObserve the time of their return.But cMy people do not knowThe law of the LORD.Prov 6:6-8; Is 1:3Song 2:12Jer 5:4
8 “aHow can you say, ‘We are wise,And the law of the LORD is with us and we are learned in its language and teachings’?Behold, the truth is that the lying pen of the scribesHas made the law into a lie a mere code of ceremonial observances. Mark 7:13Job 5:12, 13; Jer 4:22; Rom 1:229 “The wise men are ashamed,They are dismayed and caught.Behold, they have manipulated and brejected the truth in the word of the LORD,And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?Is 19:11; Jer 6:15; 1 Cor 1:27Jer 6:1910 “Therefore I will agive their wives to othersAnd their fields to new owners;Because from the least even to the greatestEveryone is bgreedy for unjust gain;From the prophet even to the priestEveryone practices deceit and deals in corruption.Deut 28:30; Jer 6:12, 13; 38:22fIs 56:11; 57:17; Jer 6:1311 “For they have atreated the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’When there is no peace.Jer 6:14; 14:13, 14; Lam 2:14; Ezek 13:1012 “Were they aashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done?They were not at all ashamed,And they did not know how to blush.Therefore, they shall bfall among those who fall;At the ctime of their punishment they shall be overthrown,”Says the LORD. Jer 6:12-15Ps 52:1, 7; Is 3:9; Jer 3:3; 6:15; Zeph 3:5Is 9:14; Jer 6:21; Hos 4:5Deut 32:35; Jer 10:15
13 “I will agather and snatch them away utterly consuming them,” says the LORD.“There will be bno grapes on the vine,cNor figs on the fig tree,And even the leaf will wither;And the things that I have given them will pass away by the hand of those whom I have appointed.”’” Matt 21:18, 19Jer 14:12; Ezek 22:20, 21Jer 5:17; 7:20; Joel 1:7Matt 21:19; Luke 13:614 Why are we sitting still the people wonder?aAssemble yourselves, and let us benter the fortified citiesAnd let us die there,For the LORD our God has decreed our ruinAnd given us bitter and cpoisonous water to drink,Because dwe have sinned against the LORD.Jer 4:52 Sam 20:6; Jer 35:11Deut 29:18; Ps 69:21; Jer 9:15; 23:15; Lam 3:19; Matt 27:34Jer 3:25; 14:2015 We awaited for peace and salvation, but no good came,And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!Jer 8:11; 14:1916 The snorting of Nebuchadnezzar’s horses is heard from aDan on Palestine’s northern border.At the sound of the neighing of his strong bstallionsThe whole land quakes;For they come and cdevour the land and all that is in it,The city and those who live in it.Judg 18:29; Jer 4:15Judg 5:22Jer 3:24; 10:2517 “For behold, I am asending serpents among you,Vipers which bcannot be charmed,And they will bite you,” says the LORD.Num 21:6; Deut 32:24Ps 58:4, 5
18 Oh, that I could find comfort from my asorrow for my grief is beyond healing,My bheart is sick and faint within me!Is 22:4; Lam 1:16, 17Jer 23:9; Lam 5:1719 Behold, hear the sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from the adistant land of Babylon:“Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King within her?”But the LORD answers “Why have they bprovoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign cidols?”Is 13:5; 39:3; Jer 4:16; 9:16Deut 32:21; Jer 7:19Ps 31:620 “The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over,But we are not saved,” comes the voice of the people again.21 For the abrokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;I bmourn, anxiety has gripped me.Jer 4:19; 9:1; 14:17Jer 14:2; Joel 2:6; Nah 2:1022 Is there no abalm in 1Gilead?Is there no physician there?bWhy then has not the spiritual health of the daughter of my people been restored?A scenic, fertile mountain region east of the Jordan River famous for its medicinal herbs and spices.Gen 37:25; Jer 46:11Jer 14:19; 30:13