The people of God were running to the end of their chances. Judgment had pronounced, but still God admonished them through Jeremiah: "Disaster is coming. Turn from evil and do good." (Jeremiah 18:11)
But the people chose to despair. They cried, "This is hopeless!" (Jeremiah 18:12) Whether they thought they wouldn't be able to turn aside God's anger, or if they doubted their ability to change, they chose to believe that God was commanding the impossible, taunting them.
Because of their hopelessness, they chose to continue on in their own plans, to live for the day according to their own evil hearts.
And these men received judgment. Jeremiah, mourning on their behalf, lamented their fate.
I pray God's people take hope, without which obedience is impossible.
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