16:16-18
But this time of rescue lies in the distant future. In the immediate future many “fisherman” will be sent for, and they will be sent to catch the Israelites and take them into captivity. And they were to do this assiduously. Now compare Jesus’ call of Peter and Andrew and His promise to make them fishers of men. The fishermen of Jeremiah’s day would catch the Israelites and take them into captivity throughout the known world. Jesus’ fishermen will go into all the world cand catch men tp bring them into the kingdom of God. Why would this happen? Because of the sin of the people. Their sins were not hidden from God, He knew exactly what was going on. They had defiled both themselves and the land.
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