Jeremiah 14:17

"The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters, for I will pour their wickedness on them."

Key Reflection

This passage symbolizes the utter devastation and abandonment of Jerusalem, where even the basic act of burial is denied to the dead due to the severity of famine and violence. It underscores the divine judgment for the prophet's false assurances of safety, highlighting both the personal accountability of the prophets and the collective suffering of the community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A message from God to the effect that the calamity would be so overwhelming as to cause perpetual weeping; it is set before the people under the representation of Jeremiah’s own sorrow. The virgin daughter of my people -The epithet testifies to God’s previous care of Judah. She had been as jealously guarded from other nations as virgins are in an oriental household (compareSong of Solomon 4:12).

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