13:12-14
These verses seem hard to us, especially verse 14. Before we consider that, we will start with verse 12. The Jews saw Jerusalem and especially the temple as a place of safety, a place where God would protect them. The reality was somewhat different. Judah and Jerusalem were places where sin and unrighteousness abounded. So such a place was ripe for judgement. The people did not realise the state they were in, and judgement was sure to come. This would affect everyone, even the children. How terrible for God to include the children? Is what we might think, but let’s consider a different thought. How terrible for us to go down a road that would lead to our children suffering with us. There was no need for the Israelites to down the road they had chosen, even having gone down it, they could have repented. We are responsible for our own sins, and our sins affect other people.
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