Jeremiah 27:5 “With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.”
Life is all about choices. God has been telling the people for a long time that if they didn’t repent and return, He would punish them for their disobedience.
Jeremiah 27:6 “Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.”
This chapter no longer presents that choice. Now the choice is: Submit to Nebuchadnezzar’s yoke or be punished with sword, famine, and plague. At this point it is too late for them to repent and return, but God’s ultimate plan is still to bring them back to Him, repentant and obedient.
Jeremiah 27:7 “All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.”
Lord, You are sovereign, loving, compassionate. Your ultimate goal is to gather Your children—all Your children—to You. Help us to seek You, to follow Your guidance, to seek Your correction, to be humble and obedient, which is so unnatural to us. Draw us closer. Always. Amen.
Jeremiah 27:8 “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand.”
Have a blessed day.