7:15-22
Outside the city the sword would kill people, inside the city famine and plague would do the job. Those who fled to the mountains would be as weak as water. Silver and gold will be worthless, the things once considered so valuable and providing protection against all sorts of problems would be no help at all. They had used jewellery to make idols, and these idols would become the detestable things they always were. The enemy would be allowed to invade the land and the city and defile it. The people’s hope in Jerusalem may have led to them saying “God will not let the enemy in, for they would defile the temple”. God was perfectly prepared to do that. For the real temple is the people.
7:23-27
“The most wicked of nations”. Even evil nations have a role in God’s plan. Judah tried various diplomatic methods to make peace, but all this would be in vain. We can read about what actually happened in Kings and Chronicles. All the leaders, that we automatically look to, would be helpless and hopeless. Prophets will have nothing to say, priests will have no instruction to give. Elders will not be able to lead. And the king will mourn. All will be lost.
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