Jeremiah 2:4-8 Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:… I. VIOLATION OF SOLEMN VOWS AND COVENANT ENGAGEMENTS. At that time we took Christ's cause for our cause, His people for ours, His will for our law, His glory for our end, and Himself for our portion. Did we love Him too well then? II. WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION WHATEVER ON GOD'S PART. 1. Was He wanting in forbearance when we were in rebellion? 2. Did He act unfeelingly when we were ruined, in that He gave His own Son to die for us? 3. Has He been a hard master since we entered His service? 4. Has He ever been a churlish father to us? 5. When we have returned to Him with our whole heart, has He not always been ready to receive us, and bury all in forgetfulness? (Daniel 9:7.) III. PECULIAR AND HORRIBLE INGRATITUDE. 1. He has given, not Egypt or Ethiopia for our ransom, but His own blood. 2. He has redeemed us, not from Egyptian thraldom, but "from the Power of darkness," etc. 3. We never were supported by miracles in lonesome deserts of Arabia, but "having obtained help of God, we continue." 4. We did not possess Canaan, but "God hath provided some better thing for us." IV. EXTREME AND SINGULAR FOLLY. 1. It is a foolish exchange — of liberty for drudgery, peace for remorse, joyfulness for anguish, abundance for penury and misery. 2. It is singular folly. The people of the only true God alone prove untrue! (Andrew Fuller.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:WEB: Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel! |
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