Wide Spread Corruption

Jeremiah 5:2  

"And though they say, The LORD liveth; 

surely they swear falsely."

      God was prepared to spare Jerusalem on lower terms than even Sodom, and yet He was driven to destroy her. Both poor and rich had alike "broken the yoke and burst the bonds." The description of the onset of the Chaldean's is very graphic. They settle down upon the land as a flock of locusts, but still the Chosen People refuse to connect their punishment with their sin. It never occurred to them that the failure of the rain, the withering of their crops, and the assault of their enemies, were all connected with their sin. There is nothing unusual in this perception for as we read the history of our own times, men are equally enable at connecting national disaster with national sin.
      How good it would be if the national cry of today were that of Jeremiah. "Neither say they in their hearts, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in season; he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you," (Jer 5:24-25). My Friends, let us never forget how great and powerful our God is, and how small we really are.
Amen!!

Reading: (Jer. 5:1-31)
Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry