Jeremiah 5:15

"Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them."

Key Reflection

The Lord declares through Jeremiah that His message will be as powerful as fire, consuming the rebellious people like wood. This metaphor underscores both the intensity of God's judgment and the transformative power of His word.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Israel is not put here for the ten tribes, but for the whole house of Jacob, of which Judah was now the representative. Mighty - “permanent, enduring.” The word is the usual epithet of the rocksNumbers 24:21, and of ever-flowing streamsDeuteronomy 21:4, Hebrew). It describes therefore a nation, whose empire is firm as a rock, and ever rolling onward like a mighty river. The epithet “ancient” refers simply to time. Whose laguage thou knowest not -This would render them more pitiless, as they would not understand their cries for mercy.

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