Scripture

For Jerusalem will stumble and Judah will fall, because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him. They provoke him to his face.

Observation

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they rely on – bread, water, heroes, judges, prophets, craftsmen, and astrologers. Children will rule over them.

Judah and Jerusalem will fall because they oppose the Lord. They display their sin like the people of Sodom

Jerusalem is like a beautiful woman. But everything that makes her beautiful will be taken away by by the Lord. The city will be like a ravaged woman on the ground

Application

The Lord is going to judge Judah and Jerusalem severely. Everything, even the skilled leaders and craftsmen, will be taken away. There will be no food and no water.

Why does this awful judgement come to pass? Because they have refused to obey the Lord. They revel in their sin and sneer at God’s law.

That sounds awfully like our country today, and many others.

We are racing towards catastrophic judgement unless our society, especially its leaders, turn to the Lord.

Our values are all mixed up and contradictory, but nobody is allowed to correct them.

It is more difficult to adopt a baby than it is to abort it. We promote all kinds of aberrant and abhorrent sexual behaviour and wonder why depression and loneliness are pandemics in our society.

We desperately need revival before the Lord pronounces judgement on the nation.

Prayer

Lord, please call people back to you. Turn Australia into the Southland of the Holy Spirit. Amen.