I know we harden. I know we harden. But oh gosh, we have to be that harden?!
Jeremiah 42: 20, 21 – You only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us, and tell us everything that the Lord our God says, and we’ll do it.’ I have told you today, but you won’t obey anything the Lord your God sent me to tell you.
One of the signs of a true prophet of Yahweh is when what he said happens. Everything Jeremiah had said happened. Why didn’t they believe him this time? Truth is, we are a lot like that too. And of note: in all this Yahweh is their God.
Jeremiah 48:27 – People of Moab, didn’t you laugh at the people of Israel? Were they caught among thieves? Whenever you talk about them you shake your heads in contempt.
Never look at another in contempt or arrogance. Yahweh desires humility. He sent word that Moab will be destroyed, partly because of their arrogance. Moab no longer exist, though we see in verse 47: But I will restore Moab in the last days, declares the Lord. Hmmmm. Possible that some of Jeremiah’s prophecies are still to happen?
Jeremiah 49:37a – I’ll defeat the people of Elam in the presence of their enemies…
As opposed to Psalm where he prepareth a table in the presence of our enemies.