The Voice of Jeremiah’s rebuke and prophecy: America, listen! You and your children who God has brought up have rebelled against Him! Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than the people of America—once God’s people—know.
People of America you do not understand at all! You are doomed—you sinful nation, you corrupt and evil people! Your sins drag you down! You have rejected the LORD, the holy God of Israel, and have turned your backs on Him. Why do you keep on rebelling, America? Do you want to be punished even more? America, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick. From head to foot there is not a healthy spot on your body. You are covered with bruises and sores and open wounds. Your wounds have not been cleaned or bandaged. No medicine has been put on them. You are a corrupt nation on a path to devastation, and your cities are about to be burned to the ground. While you look on, foreigners will take over your land and bring everything to ruin.
Thus says the LORD: Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but America does not know; My people do not understand. Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on Him. Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured— wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire; foreigners devour your fields before your very eyes— a desolation demolished by foreigners.[1]
The Voice of Jeremiah’s rebuke: America, your own wickedness shall punish and correct you, and your turning from the Sovereign LORD and desertion of faith shall condemn you! Know therefore and recognize that this is an evil and bitter thing: first, you have forsaken the LORD your God; second, you are indifferent to Him and the fear of the LORD is not in you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon the LORD your God and no longer to remain faithful to Him. [2] Read the rest of this entry »
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