Jeremiah
6:9 depicts the invasion of the Babylonians. Like harvesters picking grapes in
the vineyard, they came collecting the remnant of those who remained in
Jerusalem. The picture here is that they would thoroughly clean the place just
as the previous verses had indicated. Verse 8 said that the land would be
desolate and devoid of inhabitants.
Jeremiah felt he was warning divine judgment to a nonchalant people. His
earnest message of warning was falling on deaf ears. Yet he sounded the warning
with the hope that some who would listen could be spared. But the people were
totally uninterested to hear what he had to say. So they closed their ears.
None would give any attention to his message and treat the message from LORD with reproach.
Jeremiah
apparently tried to withhold the damning message of doom. But he could not, for
he was filled with the wrath of the Lord and was wearied from holding it back.
So he could not help but announce the judgment. So extensive would be the
judgment that none would be spared. From children to young men to the married,
both husbands and wives, to the aged and even the very old none would be
exempted from what was coming. Yes, even their properties, houses, fields, and
wives would be plundered and turned over to the attackers.
As we read the passage, we cannot help but feel that the people of Judah had reached a point when they couldn’t care less. Despite God’s repeated warnings, they would not do a thing to correct their nonchalant. These verses are a call to stay sensitive to His correction. We must never come to a point when we take the message of God for granted. Don’t let apathy slip into our lives. God will not say something just to humor us. He wants our attention every moment of our lives. He will provide ample means to get us in the right direction. Don’t be so comfortable with the world till we slip into a spiritual stupor. Be watchful over our lives seek to know God and be sensitive to the leading of His Spirit.
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