Jeremiah 18:13-18 - Let's make plans against Jeremiah

18:13-17

God now makes the true awfulness of Israel’s sin clear to Jeremiah, and this is not simply a delineation of the facts. It is an utter betrayal of God by Israel, something which should never have happened. Instead of worshipping the one true God, instead of calling upon Him when in trouble, they offered incense to worthless idols. It was not just that the idols were worthless, they made Israel walk in ways they should not have gone down. We may think that our own society is equally wandering down roads that were never intended to be travelled down. And so destruction awaits. Judah would be destroyed and scattered, an object of scorn to the nations, instead of a symbol of glory.

18:18

The ruling elite made plans against Jeremiah. They were in complete denial, they thought that Jerusalem would not be destroyed, that the teaching of the Law would continue.The Law which they were ignoring. There would still be teaching of the wise and the prophets. So they planned to attack Jeremiah with words and ignore his warnings. Oh, how foolish the “wise” can be, as we see in our own day.