Jer 21:13 | KingComments | STEP | Then there is another word from the LORD “to the household of the king of Judah” ( ). It is called upon to listen to the LORD. To that house, which is then addressed as the “house of David”, it is told to administer justice in the morning ( ; cf. ; ). The call comes to a dilapidated house, a house where corruption and injustice reign supreme. Who has been robbed, that is the widow, orphan and stranger, must be given justice. They are without support, without property and without freedom. Such socially vulnerable people easily fall into the hand of a ruthless man. Therefore, the house of David must administer justice. Failure to administer justice is a thing that causes the LORD’s wrath to go forth like fire. If justice is not administered, the wrath of the LORD will burn unquenchably over those evil deeds. In their pride, those who dwell in the valley think that no one sees them and that no one will come to them to deal with them ( ). The rock in which they dwell, they believe, is untraceable and also impregnable. But they are not reckoning with the LORD. He will come to judge them and will deal with them in a perfectly righteous manner ( ). They will be punished according to the fruit of their deeds. Everything they have surrounded themselves with as with a forest will be devoured by the fire of His judgment.

‏ Jeremiah 21:13

Exhortation to the House of David

Then there is another word from the LORD “to the household of the king of Judah” (Jer 21:11). It is called upon to listen to the LORD. To that house, which is then addressed as the “house of David”, it is told to administer justice in the morning (Jer 21:12; cf. Psa 101:8; 2Sam 15:2). The call comes to a dilapidated house, a house where corruption and injustice reign supreme.

Who has been robbed, that is the widow, orphan and stranger, must be given justice. They are without support, without property and without freedom. Such socially vulnerable people easily fall into the hand of a ruthless man. Therefore, the house of David must administer justice. Failure to administer justice is a thing that causes the LORD’s wrath to go forth like fire. If justice is not administered, the wrath of the LORD will burn unquenchably over those evil deeds.

In their pride, those who dwell in the valley think that no one sees them and that no one will come to them to deal with them (Jer 21:13). The rock in which they dwell, they believe, is untraceable and also impregnable. But they are not reckoning with the LORD. He will come to judge them and will deal with them in a perfectly righteous manner (Jer 21:14). They will be punished according to the fruit of their deeds. Everything they have surrounded themselves with as with a forest will be devoured by the fire of His judgment.