God
had been telling the people of Judah that He would be dealing with them because
of their disobedience. Now In Jeremiah 6:22-26, He described the people He
would use to punish them. Without namely them, He said that these terrifying
people would be from the far north. They would also be armed to the hilt. As a
cruel horde, this army would invade the people of God ruthlessly and
mercilessly. Their approach would sound like a mighty roar of the ocean
relentlessly sweeping the people of God, referred to as “daughters of
Zion”
As the enemy approached, the people of Jerusalem
would be greatly petrified. They would be seized by horrendous terror and left
in an unspeakable panic. They would be inflicted with such unbearable pain like
that of a woman travailing in her birth pangs. The enemy would be found
guarding every side of the city preventing the people from leaving their homes
to go out into the field or walk on the street. In other words, terror would
surround them everywhere. In such a horrific state, Jeremiah in verse 26 felt
the need to call on the people to mourn their bitter and horrifying
predicament. For this northern enemy would descend on them suddenly.
None of us should allow ourselves to come to a
point of being emboldened by a feeling of entitlement. For when we reach that
state, we will be tempted to think that we have reached a point where we can do
anything without impunity. We can never come to that point where we can do no
wrong. Sadly, this was how the Judean felt. And we cannot afford to emulate
them. While God has promised that there will be no condemnation for us who are
in Christ Jesus, there will still be consequences for our every action. We must
never take God for granted and act as if there we are immune from being
accountable for our actions. We are all accountable to God for everything we
do.
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