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In chapter 5, God continues his attack on the people. Towards the end of the chapter, Jeremiah references a well-known chapter in Psalms:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hear this, O foolish people, devoid of intelligence, that have eyes but can\u2019t see, that have ears but can\u2019t hear! (verse 22).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The end of the verse quotes directly from Psalm 116, which appears as part of the Hallel service:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell (Psalms 116:5-6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why would Jeremiah make this reference? The verses in Psalms discuss the idols worshiped by non-Israelites. David points out that these idols have all the features of a living and breathing thing, but in reality, \u05d0\u05d9\u05e7\u05d8 can\u2019t talk, see, hear or smell. They do not have the basic senses that sets apart a living being, and certainly they do not have divine power. David continues:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Those who fashion them, all who trust in them, shall become like them. O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.\u00a0 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. O you who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield\u201d (Psalm 116:8-11).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A person who spends their time worshiping fake objects will eventually become fake and numb themselves. David calls out to the people to instead follow God and for the priests to follow God. In this way the people will not slip into the senseless state of the idol worshipers because God is real and God will protect those that follow him. Jeremiah references David to show the people that they did not heed David\u2019s words. Instead of worshiping God, the people worshiped the senseless idols. They grew numb to the world around them and they lost the protection of God. Their leaders did not heed David\u2019s call and now the nation is in peril.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David ended his psalm calling on the priests and the people to follow God. Jeremiah ends his chapter calling out the priests and the people for not following God:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule accordingly; And My people like it so. But what will you do at the end of it? (verse 31).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Jeremiah 5, like so many of the prophecies of the Later and Minor Prophets from which the haftarot are drawn, contains numerous castigations of the Jewish people\u2019s objectionable spiritual and ethical practices.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A specific theme that, in my opinion, uniquely stands out in this biblical chapter, is God\u2019s bemoaning His inability to discover individuals truly deserving of His care and concern.\u00a0<\/span>The first three verses of this chapter articulate this particular Divine frustration:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, search its squares, look about and take note: You will not find a man; there is none who acts justly, who seeks integrity\u2014 that I should pardon her (<\/span>Jerusalem<\/span><\/em>.) Even when they say, \u2018As the LORD lives,\u2019 they are sure to be swearing falsely. O LORD, Your eyes look for integrity\u2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This sentiment parallels God\u2019s critical evaluation in Genesis of almost all of humanity - Noah was the sole exception - populating the world that He had created only ten generations earlier:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The LORD saw how great was man\u2019s wickedness on earth, and how every plan devised by his mind was nothing but evil all the time. And the LORD regretted that He had made man on earth, and His heart was saddened\u2026 But Noah found favor with the LORD (Genesis 6:5-6, 8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah was stating that God was unable to point to a \u201cNoah\u201d of his time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Abraham\u2019s negotiations with God concerning whether the population of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah included a sufficient number of righteous individuals to justify those cities\u2019 continued existence also comes to mind (Genesis 18:23-33).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This parallelism leads Isaiah to equate the state of the Jewish people in his day, with Sodom and Gomorrah prior to their destruction:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Had not the LORD of Hosts left us some survivors, we should be like Sodom, another Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, You chieftains of Sodom; give ear to our God\u2019s instruction, you folk of Gomorrah! (Is. 1:9-10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The theme of trying to find those who could serve as ethical exemplars for the rest of humanity is also prominently associated with the legendary ancient Greek philosopher, Diogenes La\u00ebrtius, who was reputed to have searched for an honest, or \u201ca morally sensitive man,\u201d (<\/span>\u201cwoke\u201d?<\/span><\/i>), but felt that it was ultimately \u201can exercise in futility\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Thwarted expectations inevitably lead to frustration and the desire to do away with what exists, rather than the vastly more difficult and challenging task of re-education and re-orientation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The first chapters in Jerermiah do not paint a happy picture of the fate that will befall Judah. Chapter 5 is no different. Here again Jeremiah prophesies against Judah, telling them of all the terrible events that will occur, even as the people continue to claim that no harm will come to them. Verses 11-13 lay out very particular accusations against Judah and Israel \u2013 they have spoken falsely about God. They have sinned in their speech by denying God\u2019s speech through Jeremiah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is God\u2019s response? In verse 14 God places his own words into Jeremiah\u2019s mouth as a fire, designates the people as firewood, and declares that the people will be eaten by this fire (verse 14). Whereas the people had sinned through their speech, God will consume them through Jeremiah\u2019s prophetic speech.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How will this consumption happen? Verses 15-17 describe the coming of enemies (i.e., Babylonian warriors) who will devour every aspect of the life of the Judeans. Their harvests, their children, their livestock, and their orchards will all be consumed. Finally, the enemies will kill them with the sword, destroying the defenses the Judeans had thought would protect them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My favorite image here is that of the quivers of the enemies as open graves. As the arrows of the warriors go out, they create graves ready to swallow up and eradicate the Judeans. The overall description in this passage is one of symbolic cannibalism \u2013 the Babylonians are going to eat the Judeans and everything they hold dear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a certain kind of poetic justice in seeing Judah punished in this way. They sinned by using their mouths in blasphemous speech and now they will be destroyed by the mouths of Jeremiah and their enemies. However, it is also hard to read this passage and not sympathize with Judah \u2013 much of their sinful speech consisted of trying to deny the terrible fate that would befall them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This passage raises interesting questions for us as readers if we apply it to our own lives. What are the ways that our own sinful speech can come back to consume us and those we love? How often have we discovered that when we try to deny the truth of our lives, we end up making situations that are much more difficult to handle?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The book of Jeremiah describes how Judah was unable to avoid the punishment meted out by God for its sins. However, Jeremiah will also eventually prophesy about Judah\u2019s return. This should give us hope too. 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Our chapter begins with Jeremiah proclaiming God\u2019s challenge to the people of Israel:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, Search its squares, Look about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly, Who seeks integrity [faith] That I should pardon her (5:1).<\/span>
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Since Jerusalem was subsequently devastated and its inhabitants exiled to Babylonia, it seems that not even one righteous \u201cseeker of faith\u201d could be found in the Holy City at that time. Our verse seems to reflect Abraham\u2019s unsuccessful attempt to save the city of Sodom (Gen. 18:23-32). Significantly, in Abraham\u2019s time, God would have eventually been willing to spare the sinful city for the sake of only ten righteous persons living there. While in Jeremiah\u2019s time, God would have been willing to spare Jerusalem for the sake of just one righteous person.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This comparison between the time of Jeremiah and the time of Abraham is reflected in Midrash Tanhuma Vayera 8. \u201cAbraham remained standing before the Lord. Abraham came forward and said, \u2018Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty?\u2019\u201d (Gen. 18:23). Abraham\u2019s plea suggests that the Holy One, blessed be He, has no desire to condemn any of his creatures, as it is said: \u201cFor I do not desire the death of anyone who dies, says the Lord God\u201d (Ezek. 18:32)\u2026What does the Holy One, blessed be He, desire? To seek the righteousness of His creatures\u2026Be it known to you that when human beings sin God overcomes His anger by seeking an advocate to speak in their defense. God even points the way to how sinners might be defended. For you find that in the time of Jeremiah, God said: \u201cRoam the streets of Jerusalem, Search its squares, Look about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly, Who seeks integrity That I should pardon her\u201d (Jer. 5:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi David Kimhi (RaDaK -- 12<\/span>th<\/span>-13<\/span>th<\/span> century, Provence), relying on an interpretation of this verse received from his father, suggests that there were some pious people in Jerusalem at the time of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy. But they had gone into hiding in their homes, unable to show themselves on the streets, for fear of the evil people who dominated Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Talmud Bavli Shabbat 119b records a discussion of why Jerusalem was subsequently conquered and devastated. Rav Qatina said that even prior to the fall of Jerusalem, \u201cmen of faith\u201d were still to be found there. But Raba countered that Jerusalem could only have been destroyed when there were no \u201cseekers of faith\u201d left, as it says: \u201cLook about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly...\u201d (Jer. 5:1). 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When the Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest, Gustavo Gutierrez, coined the term Liberation Theology, emphasizing the duty to help the poor and the oppressed <\/span>through involvement in civic and political affairs, did he, Father Gutierrez, have Jeremiah 5 in mind?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Failing to acknowledge God as the source of good harvest, the people of Judah soon lost any sense of accountability to the Divine for how they worked. This led them to oppress and deceive the weak and defenseless:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They have become fat and sleek; They pass beyond the bounds of wickedness, And they prosper. They will not judge the case of the orphan, Nor give a hearing to the plea of the needy (Jer. 5:28).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah recalls the Book of Deuteronomy, a social contract, commanding the people of Israel to extend their hands to the poor, the orphan, the stranger, and the widow. Where are these people now?\u00a0 They have become so greedy. Infatuated by their own growth they have ignored the needy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah is desperate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophet revisits his library, looks through his kindle, researches online and googles \u2018Emmanuel Levinas\u2019. Oh yes, he reflects, the French philosopher, the one who speaks about \u201cthe Other.\u201d Let\u2019s see if or how he can help me. Although the 5<\/span>th<\/span> BCE prophet can barely understand the 20<\/span>th<\/span> CE philosopher, Levinas inspires the prophet. Jeremiah learns that generic sermons might not captivate the attention of his audience but rather face-to-face relationships, as a phenomenological approach to the encounter with the Other, can weave a path to Ethics.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Levinas offers a pro bono lesson to the prophet. They sit down with flavored tea and French croissants, and then the philosopher says, \u201c<\/span>The encounter with the Other, in his or her uniqueness, beyond themes and categorizations, creates the infinite ethical responsibility.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah has already learned that ethics precedes ontology, and he wonders how to convince his people to repent, to scrutinize their hearts and to act in accordance with God\u2019s will, assisting the oppressed and attending the ones in need. It is hard to find the answers. The people of Israel have fallen, trapped in their own comfort zone, the Land is vast, the crops are fruitful, they have become too comfortable and have lost the perspective of a bigger picture. They are demanding from the Land instead of cultivating it, they are subjugating their neighbors instead of helping them, they are patronizing the disadvantaged instead of relieving them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God, rightfully, is enraged - and disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah has learned some lessons, among them, he has learned that it is hard to be a prophet. He will also end up in exile. Don\u2019t cry for me, Jeremiah\u2026your children will return to the Land (and will destroy it again).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The first part of this chapter is packed full of the sort of dramatic, violent, sexual metaphors which are hard for me to relate to as a modern reader.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But then at the end there is a turn and I feel, with a shock, that Jeremiah is speaking directly to us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Among my people are the wicked<\/span>\u2026<\/span>who set traps to catch people.<\/span> Like cages full of birds,<\/span> their houses are full of deceit;<\/span> they have become rich and powerful<\/span> and have grown fat and sleek.<\/span> Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice.<\/span> They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor (5:26-28).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Does this remind you of anything happening in contemporary politics? I think Jeremiah is reaching through the millennia and speaking directly to us, modern day Americans who put children in jail for the crime of their parents who are seeking to escape life-threatening crime, whose leader declares there are \"very fine people on both sides\" of a Nazi rally and its counterprotest, who take away health insurance from the poor and give tax breaks to the wealthy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But oops! I meant to keep this not too political. Which simply feels impossible in the context of this book, if I am to take it seriously: Jeremiah writing about how the body politic is broken. I can\u2019t relate to many of his metaphors, but this I can relate to. Our body politic, too, is broken.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/b>Should I not punish them for this?<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>declares the Lord.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Should I not avenge myself<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>on such a nation as this?\u00a0<\/span>(5:29)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s a fair question. What should happen next \u2013 for us, I mean?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Will God punish us in a vengeful strike? Can we really hope that this shall not happen, if its absence means things continue as they are?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But perhaps there is a path forward. As God promises in the middle of this chapter: \u201cI will not destroy you completely.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps we can hope that our entire civilization will not be pulled down by injustice and imbalance, but instead we will find a way to convince those in power to recognize the pain we are causing others, so that as a country we can repent from our ways, and turn away from our evil actions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I hope there is a way for this to happen without destruction and suffering along the way. 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Here, Jeremiah described the intensity and extent of the damage to be inflicted upon Israel by the Babylonians, whom he called \u201ca nation from afar\u201d (15). First, he warned of the countless deaths they would cause, saying, \u201cTheir quivers are like a yawning grave\u2014they are all mighty men\u201d (16). Then, he foretold the extent of the devastation they would wreak: \u201cThey will devour your harvest and food, they will devour your sons and daughters, they will devour your flocks and herds, they will devour your vines and fig trees. They will batter down with the sword the fortified towns on which you rely\u201d (17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shadal\u2019s commentary assists us with two ingredients of these warnings. First, he accounted for the use of \u201cquiver\u201d as an emblem of impending death:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just as the grave and the netherworld are always open (cf. \u201cthe grave will swallow them alive,\u201d Prov. 1:12) because they are insatiable (cf. Prov. 30:15-16: \u201cThree things are insatiable\u2026\u201d), so will the quiver swallow the living by slaying them with its arrows.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Next, by drawing attention to a grammatical anomaly in the second verse, Shadal managed to extract a shade of meaning that seems to have eluded most earlier exegetes. Indeed, the J.P.S. translation we have utilized obscures it entirely. A close reading indicates that with one exception the verbs in this verse are actually in the singular: \u201cHe will devour (<\/span>ve-\u2018akhal<\/span><\/em>) your harvest,\u201d \u201che will devour (<\/span>ve-yo\u2019khal<\/span><\/em>) your flocks,\u201d \u201che will devour (<\/span>ve-yo\u2019khal<\/span><\/em>) your vines,\u201d \u201che will batter down (<\/span>yeroshesh<\/span><\/em>) the fortified towns.\u201d The exception is \u201cthey will devour (<\/span>yo\u2019khlu<\/span><\/em>) your sons and daughters.\u201d Shadal, consistent with his \u201csecond foundation,\u201d* saw the\u00a0 discrepancy and commented:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The entire verse uses the singular except for \u201cthey will devour (<\/span>yo\u2019khlu<\/span><\/em>) your sons and daughters.\u201d It is also inappropriate to mention sons and daughters in between the harvest and food, sheep and cattle. It appears to me to interpret it like Don Yitzhak [Abrabanel]: The enemy will devour the harvest and food of your sons and daughters; i.e., that which you had set aside for your children\u2019s consumption.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: Guido Reni - Massacre of the Innocents (detail) - Pinacoteca Nazionale Bologna, 1611 \/ wikimedia<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":69279,"alt":"","title":"jer5-fear","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","width":800,"height":977,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-246x300.jpg","medium-width":246,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-768x938.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":938,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":977,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":977,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":977,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":977,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-344x420.jpg","home_baner-width":344,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Quivering With Fear","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"What will happen to our sons and daughters?\u00a0\u00a0","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":69279,"alt":"","title":"jer5-fear","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","width":800,"height":977,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-246x300.jpg","medium-width":246,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-768x938.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":938,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":977,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":977,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":977,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":977,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-fear-344x420.jpg","home_baner-width":344,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"5","chapter_main_number":"405","date":"20270318","wall_id":"405"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"383","name":"Death","old_id":"783"},{"term_id":"547","name":"Punishment","old_id":"947"}]},{"order":9,"id":"69291","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Jerusalem = Sodom ","post_title":"Jerusalem = Sodom","slug":"jerusalem-sodom","old_id":"69291","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38552,"post_title":"Benny Lau","slug":"benny-lau","old_id":"38552","first_name":"Benny","last_name":"Lau ","description":"Rav Benny Lau is the founder and co-head of the Israeli initiative 929 along with Gal Gabbai. 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After experiencing the renewal of the covenant and receiving a prophetic promise at the potter's workshop, Jeremiah returns to wandering the streets of Benjamin and Judah. These thoroughfares are filled with spiritual and cultural revolution. The king's emissaries patrol every corner, stamping out any traces of idol worship still to be found. Pagan priests are arrested, and inspectors go from house to house enforcing the king's orders. Jerusalem no longer tolerates idolatry, for it has returned to its religious roots \u2014 the Lord is God of the land, and He alone shall be worshipped by all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At first glance, Josiah's reform has achieved the impossible. The idols have been smashed, the Temple purified, and worship centralized. Topheth, the site of child sacrifice, has been declared impure and condemned, and Torah study has expanded. People are proudly declaring, \"We are wise, and we have the Lord's Torah!\" The sounds of redemption seem to echo in the distance \u2014 but all this is only an illusion. Jeremiah sees behind this facade and recognizes the falsity and hypocrisy, the thin veneer of piety serving as a fig leaf for corruption and warped social values.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In verses 1-5, Jeremiah describes how he hopes to find the key to true repentance. As in several of his other prophecies, he asserts that executing justice is constitutive of reform and of the \"way of the Lord.\" Though there is much talk about faith, it is no indication of who truly serves God. If there is but one man who executes justice, on his account alone God will forgive the entire city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah is ready to fight for Jerusalem more fiercely than Abraham argued for Sodom to be spared. In Abraham's famous haggling with God, he eventually bargained God down to ten righteous people in whose merit the city would be saved. Jeremiah goes further: \"Whether there is but one man...and I will forgive her!\" This wording alludes to a chilling realization on Jeremiah's part: that Jerusalem is like Sodom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The educational system is malfunctioning; the spiritually weak people do not know any better and cannot by themselves break out of the vicious cycle of ignorance. Until now, there has been no systematic teaching of the ways of God. So Jeremiah redirects his appeal to the leaders of the people, for \"surely they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.\" However, there too, Jeremiah meets with great disappointment: \"But all of them as one had broken the yoke and burst the bonds.\" Sadly, they are no better than their students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/i>. 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  1. Just like the negotiations at Sodom<\/em>. If you can find one righteous one in the city. It\u2019s a deal. But there isn\u2019t one: \u201c There is none who acts justly, Who seeks integrity\u2014 That I should pardon her\u201d (verse 1).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A moment of reflection<\/em>. Why did all this evil befall us? \u201cAnd when they ask, \u201cBecause of what did the LORD our God do all these things?\u201d This is intentionally reminiscent of what the nations asked regarding the destruction about 223 chapters ago: \u201call nations will ask, \u201c\u2018Why did the LORD do thus to this land? Wherefore that awful wrath?\u2019\u201d (Deut. 29:23). And here is the answer, that it is well-deserved: \u201cBecause you forsook Me and served alien gods on your own land, you will have to serve foreigners in a land not your own\u201d (verse 19).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. As the sand bounds the sea<\/em>. The natural world proves that there are boundaries. That there is a law: \u201cShould you not revere Me...Who set the sand as a boundary to the sea, As a limit for all time, not to be transgressed?\u201d (verse 22). The nation who seems to think that there are no limits and no laws will soon discover that there\u2019s a limit to their misbehavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. A three-fold cord?<\/em>\u00a0Priests, prophets, people. \u201cThe prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule accordingly; And My people like it so. But what will you do at the end of it?\u201d (verse 31).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. A burning mission<\/em>. \u201cBecause they said that, I am putting My words into your mouth as fire, And this people shall be firewood, Which it will consume\u201d (verse 14). It burns inside and out. But does that mean that it is no longer possible to make it right, and the purpose of the prophecy is only to punish? 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