Jeremiah 4:14-18. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. Make ye mention to the nations: behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD, Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
When "great judgments are abroad," it always is on account of great sin. It was so in the case of Israel. "Thy doings have procured these things unto thee." Oh! when the ungodly man begins to reap the result of his life -when, in his own body and in his own home, he begins to see what sin will often bring the drunkard to, let him hear these words: "This is thy wickedness. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee." Now follows the lament of Jeremiah - one at the most wonderful pieces of sorrowful writing that will ever be read in your hearing.
Jeremiah 4:14-18. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. Make ye mention to the nations: behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD, Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
When "great judgments are abroad," it always is on account of great sin. It was so in the case of Israel. "Thy doings have procured these things unto thee." Oh! when the ungodly man begins to reap the result of his life -when, in his own body and in his own home, he begins to see what sin will often bring the drunkard to, let him hear these words: "This is thy wickedness. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee." Now follows the lament of Jeremiah - one at the most wonderful pieces of sorrowful writing that will ever be read in your hearing.