Our Fathers heart is for us (Jeremiah 5-8)

Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet,   the alarm of war.

“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will lay before this people stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble; fathers and sons together, neighbour and friend shall perish.’”
Thus says the Lord:  “Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

 

The prophet Jeremiah was called to warn and in these 3 chapters the Father details the impending doom. He also reminds Judah and Israel of their turning away and defiling the temple. It is a bit frightening and makes you sad. They ignored the Father’s commandments and sought to replace Him with what could never care, provide or satisfy them. All scripture is good and instructs us. We continue to see the heart of the Father, for even though he warns them of doom He reminds of His promise to their Father and tells them of the new covenant. A covenant we are part of as it includes other nations.