Jeremiah 18:13

Jeremiah 18:13

11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. ^aReturn now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings ^bgood.” ’ ”

God’s Warning Rejected

12 And they said, ^a“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one¹ obey the ^bdictates of his evil heart.”

13 Therefore thus says the Lord:
^a“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done ^ba very horrible thing.

14 Will a man¹ leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?

15 “Because My people have forgotten ^aMe,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the ^bancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,

16 To make their land ^adesolate and a perpetual ^bhissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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(Jeremiah 2:10-11). Even among the heathen it was a thing unheard of, that a nation should lay aside its gods for foreign gods, though their gods are false gods. But Israel forsook the true God for foreign false gods.

virgin of Israel— (II Kings 19:21). It enhances their guilt, that Israel was the virgin whom God had specially betrothed to Him.

horrible thing— (Jeremiah 5:30).

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