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4 days ago
Jeremiah 3 |25 verses
This chapter is another one entirely from God's perspective. In it, he's giving Jeremiah another one of those hard messages--a tale of God's sorrow and the people's rebellion.
Interestingly, God uses a lot of vivid metaphors when speaking to people. (Writers, take note!
*grabs pen and starts scribbling down notes*) One of the most recurring motifs is the idea of marriage and unfaithfulness.
“If a man divorces his wife
and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
Would not the land be completely defiled?
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—
would you now return to me?”
declares the Lord."
And the first verse is a great hook (man, why am I using so much literary terminology today?) and sums up the main message of the chapter: Israel and Judah have left God, broken their promises to Him, and it's breaking His heart. The most touching verse in this chapter for me was verse 19 (paraphrased): {I would gladly treat you as my child. I had such good plans for you; rich land, prosperity, beautiful homes . . . } "I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me."
When I'm reading that verse, I always imagine this really soft, sincere, sad voiceover, and a voice crack right after the word 'father.'
The emotions here are so vivid and relatable, especially when God calls Israel and Judah out for their cheating, betrayal and insincerity. I know what it's like to be ghosted by friends, only for them to come back like everything's fine, just like God says here: "her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense.”
But now I'm thinking: are there times when I'm like Judah and Israel? I really relate with God's sentiments in this passage, but are there times when I treat Him like how Judah and Israel did?
Hmm, deep stuff. Imma think about that.
Jeremiah 4 coming up . . . .
