Jeremiah 12:14-17
Summary for Jer 12:14-17: 12:14-17 a The Lord explained an important aspect of Jeremiah’s commission (see 1:10 b). 12:14 c No evil nations would receive protection from God’s punishment, not even those nations that God used to punish Judah. He would uproot them.• The Lord would also uproot Judah, but this is a positive reference to deliverance from exile.
12:15 d I will ... have compassion on all of them: Even other nations, as wicked as they were, could be restored after experiencing disaster.
12:16 e To experience God’s compassion (12:15 f), the people of other nations needed to convert from idolatry and learn the ways of God’s people. This conversion would require a public submission to the terms of the Sinai covenant that included the words, as surely as the Lord lives. In addition, they would need to reject any oaths made in the name of Baal, by which they had persuaded Israelites to worship foreign idols.
12:17 g If these nations refused to obey the Lord, they would be uprooted and destroyed (1:10 h).
• I, the Lord, have spoken: This statement gave God’s declaration the force of a divine decree.
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