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Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Devotional: September 6th

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Jeremiah 3:11-25; ; Jeremiah 4:1-2

This ch. 3 compares Israel to an unfaithful wife, who has forgotten the bonds which united her to the LORD, her Husband. And in this way of iniquity Judah went even further than the ten tribes of Israel, adding to their unfaithfulness treachery, that is to say treason, all the worse because of their hypocrisy. Yet historically we are in the reign of the good king Josiah. But the heart of the people has not truly followed the king in the revival in which he had given the lead (see v. 10; 2 Chronicles 34:33). Judah had made a show of returning to the LORD. Such is her treachery, worse in the eyes of God than plain, simple departure from Him.

How moving are these appeals! "Return . . . return unto me"; "turn, O backsliding children"; "for I am merciful"; "I will heal you" (vv. 12, 14, 22; Jeremiah 4:1). But how much time, how many centuries are included in the brief statements of v. 22, between the time of God’s appeal and the nation’s response! God is still waiting for this reply from Israel!

"I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ", is how Paul writes to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 11:2). Such a relationship with the Lord implies undivided hearts. Blessed with greater privileges than Israel, the Church, the Bride of Christ, object of such great love, is all the more responsible to keep her affections for Him.

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