Serving the Lord in Leytonstone, London
Jeremiah has been poetically announcing the coming invasion of Judah and the resulting fall of Jerusalem, at the hands of a terrible army from the north. Why is this happening? Because, like the human race as a whole, the city has become contaminated by sins like lying.
Jerusalem is a religious city in Jeremiah’s day. People are burning incense, offering sacrifices, listening to prophets and going to their priests. Yet, the whole system has been corrupted.
Ancient Jerusalem should have been a model city, a place of God’s beauty upon the earth with people living in loving unity, and thus been a future bride for the Son of God when he came as her king. But she failed
Judah has been speaking false words about God. That’s happened through their idol worship, but it’s also seen in their denial of God’s punishing of sin.