13:27 People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship,
your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods.
I have seen your disgusting acts of worship
on the hills throughout the countryside.
You are doomed to destruction!
How long will you continue to be unclean?’”
A Lament over the Ravages of Drought
14:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.
14:2 “The people of Judah are in mourning.
The people in her cities are pining away.
They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow.
Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.
14:3 The leading men of the cities send their servants for water.
They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there.
They return with their containers empty.
Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.
14:4 They are dismayed because the ground is cracked
because there has been no rain in the land.
The farmers, too, are dismayed
and bury their faces in their hands.
14:5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field
because there is no grass.
14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops
and pant for breath like jackals.
Their eyes are strained looking for food,
because there is none to be found.”
14:7 Then I said,
“O Lord , intervene for the honor of your name
even though our sins speak out against us.
Indeed, we have turned away from you many times.
We have sinned against you.
14:8 You have been the object of Israel’s hopes.
You have saved them when they were in trouble.
Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land?
Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
14:9 Why should you be like someone who is helpless,
like a champion who cannot save anyone?
You are indeed with us,
and we belong to you.
Do not abandon us!”
14:10 Then the Lord spoke about these people.
“They truly love to go astray.
They cannot keep from running away from me.
So I am not pleased with them.
I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done
and punish them for their sins.”
Judgment for Believing the Misleading Lies of the False Prophets
14:11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people! 14:12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.
I know the Jewish people today aren't the same as they were then, but they do follow the ways then - as in the commandments in the Torah, the Tanakh (the rest of the O.T., the Hebrew Bible).
In fact, I recently met someone who was very strict on following every single, what she thought was a commandment in the Tanakh (which is 685 commandments), if that gave her satisfaction than so be it but it was not what G-d wants for her. G-d wants His followers, Jews in this matter, to abide by His commands, not the Torah or Tanakh. That is why the Jewish people were punished to begin with.
The Jews don't really know G-d unless they read the whole Bible. They must read the Bible in entirety to really know who G-d is, and even what He commands.
In fact, I recently met someone who was very strict on following every single, what she thought was a commandment in the Tanakh (which is 685 commandments), if that gave her satisfaction than so be it but it was not what G-d wants for her. G-d wants His followers, Jews in this matter, to abide by His commands, not the Torah or Tanakh. That is why the Jewish people were punished to begin with.
The Jews don't really know G-d unless they read the whole Bible. They must read the Bible in entirety to really know who G-d is, and even what He commands.
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