We see the utter evil that their idol worship had resulted in. When a people abandon God it will lead them in all sorts of paths they never imagined. In the case of Judah the idol worship led them to child sacrifice. People often say how can God execute such terrible judgements upon people. The only reason we ask such questions is that we are blind to the terrible consequences of sin. Our abandoning of God's standards of sexual morality has led to the death of thousands, even millions worldwide, of unborn babies. Sin is a very serious business.
A day of judgement would come. Now we know that the destruction of Jerusalem, and all that went with it, did indeed happen. It is a historical event. So we know that when Jesus talks about coming judgement we can be sure that it will come. We need to take God's words of judgement very seriously. At present the attitude of much of the church is to adopt the same attitude as Judah did in the time of Jeremiah, and see where that got them.
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