Jeremiah 18:14

"Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing."

Key Reflection

This verse challenges the Israelites to consider the unprecedented nature of their actions, suggesting that their abandonment of God for false gods was so grave and unusual that no other nation could match it. It underscores the severity of Israel's sin and its unique place among the nations in terms of spiritual apostasy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Rather, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?” The meaning probably is, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail from its rocks which tower above the land of Israel?” The appeal of the prophet is to the unchangeableness of one of nature’s most beautiful phenomena, the perpetual snow upon the upper summits of Lebanon. Shall the cold ... -literally, “shall the strange, i.

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