Jeremiah 8:6. I hearkened and heard, -
It is God who is speaking: "I hearkened and heard," -
Jeremiah 8:6. But they spake not aright:
"I tried to discover whether there was any good in them. I listened to hear them offer a prayer, I watched to mark anything like repentance in them."
Jeremiah 8:6. No man repented him of wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
See how God described these people. When he might have expected that some of them would relent, and in their thoughtful moments turn to a better mind, they did not do so; but, as the horse, when he hears the war-trumpet, rushes into the midst of the fray, so did these people go headlong into sin with desperate resolve. Careless of wounds and death, they rushed to their destruction. I hope that this is not the case with any of my hearers at this time; I pray God that it may not be so.
Jeremiah 8:6. I hearkened and heard, -
It is God who is speaking: "I hearkened and heard," -
Jeremiah 8:6. But they spake not aright:
"I tried to discover whether there was any good in them. I listened to hear them offer a prayer, I watched to mark anything like repentance in them."
Jeremiah 8:6. No man repented him of wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
See how God described these people. When he might have expected that some of them would relent, and in their thoughtful moments turn to a better mind, they did not do so; but, as the horse, when he hears the war-trumpet, rushes into the midst of the fray, so did these people go headlong into sin with desperate resolve. Careless of wounds and death, they rushed to their destruction. I hope that this is not the case with any of my hearers at this time; I pray God that it may not be so.