13:15-17
These are the words Jeremiah proclaimed to the nation in the light of what had been said. Note that the prophecies of doom were not final. They were given to bring home to the people what was going to happen, but there was a way out! Just as today there is a way out! That way is to turn to God, to repent and turn to Him. The way that people were heading would lead only to darkness, the way we are heading today as a nation is leading only to further darkness. While Jeremiah uttered this call, he knew that they would not respond. So he would weep bitterly for the people because they were going to go into deepest darkness. Jeremiah took no pleasure in the destruction of his people.
13:18,19
The king and queen were probably Jehoiachin and his mother Nehushta (2 Kings 24:8). Jeremiah tells them to come down from their thrones, for their crowns would be taken from their heads. They needed to humble themselves and repent, but they would not. So the people would be carried off into exile.
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