Jer 30:15 | KingComments | STEP | The condition of the people at this time looks hopeless ( ). The breach between the ten and two tribes is incurable; it is a painful wound. No man can do anything about it, nor are there any means of recovery ( ). Politics, science or education, everything has proved futile to give them back their health. The situation is hopeless for those who do not repent. All those on whom they placed their hope have forsaken them, they are no longer worthy of their attention ( ; ). The reason for that is that the LORD has wrought it, and the cause of it is their iniquity. He has smitten them because of the multitude of their sins. Therefore, He has become to them as “an enemy” and “a cruel one”. It is not the nations that are their real enemies, but the LORD. Therefore, the crying out is completely unjustified ( ). They have themselves to blame for the misery. Nor do they need to blame the nations, for what comes upon them comes from the LORD. They need to turn to Him in their distress. This is not to say that their enemies go free ( ). Their enemies who discipline them under God’s permission devour God’s people. They do everything out of pure self-interest, they are out for their own benefit. They too do not reckon with God. Therefore, all their adversaries will go into captivity and suffer the misery they have inflicted on God’s people. In contrast, God will restore His people and will do so soon ( ). He will do so because the enemies have exploited His people while they have regarded and treated them as pariahs. They have scornfully called it “Zion”. God will show that He has chosen precisely what they have despised. It is with it as with a father who disciplines his children, but who will fight like a lion against anyone who wants to harm his children. In this way, God does not allow His people to be treated with contempt or spoken of disparagingly. Whoever touches His people touches the apple of His eye.

‏ Jeremiah 30:15

Wounds of Israel Healed

The condition of the people at this time looks hopeless (Jer 30:12). The breach between the ten and two tribes is incurable; it is a painful wound. No man can do anything about it, nor are there any means of recovery (Jer 30:13). Politics, science or education, everything has proved futile to give them back their health. The situation is hopeless for those who do not repent.

All those on whom they placed their hope have forsaken them, they are no longer worthy of their attention (Jer 30:14; Jer 22:20). The reason for that is that the LORD has wrought it, and the cause of it is their iniquity. He has smitten them because of the multitude of their sins. Therefore, He has become to them as “an enemy” and “a cruel one”. It is not the nations that are their real enemies, but the LORD. Therefore, the crying out is completely unjustified (Jer 30:15). They have themselves to blame for the misery. Nor do they need to blame the nations, for what comes upon them comes from the LORD. They need to turn to Him in their distress.

This is not to say that their enemies go free (Jer 30:16). Their enemies who discipline them under God’s permission devour God’s people. They do everything out of pure self-interest, they are out for their own benefit. They too do not reckon with God. Therefore, all their adversaries will go into captivity and suffer the misery they have inflicted on God’s people.

In contrast, God will restore His people and will do so soon (Jer 30:17). He will do so because the enemies have exploited His people while they have regarded and treated them as pariahs. They have scornfully called it “Zion”. God will show that He has chosen precisely what they have despised.

It is with it as with a father who disciplines his children, but who will fight like a lion against anyone who wants to harm his children. In this way, God does not allow His people to be treated with contempt or spoken of disparagingly. Whoever touches His people touches the apple of His eye.