37:6-8
In times of crisis people will grab at straws, they will hope that something, anything is bringing salvation. So Zedekiah had put his trust in Egypt, and the people would have gone along with him. Today in the covid crisis people long for hope, long for the situation to change. So if something comes along that seems to be able to rescue us we grab on to it. Egypt seemed to be such a saviour to Judah, especially as the Babylonian army withdrew from Jerusalem. But Judah’s problem was not Babylon, but their disobedience to God, and God had not gone away. So God tells Jeremiah that the Babylonian army would come back and destroy the city.
37:9,10
The people needed to get to grips with God. Even if the Babylonian army was reduced to a bunch of injured men they would still be able to capture the city. Why? Because it was the decree of the Lord that Jerusalem would be destroyed. There was only one way out, and that was to repent. We all need to look to God first.
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