(go read, I'll wait)
So Israel has sinned and been called to repent. They have been promised that they will be received if they return. They have been warned that remaining in sin will be dangerous. They are not returning. The prophet searches all of Jerusalem for a single solitary righteous man. He doesn't find one. But the prophet is quick to point out that he was only looking at the common people. So he looks to the rulers, the ones who were educated and should know better. His disappointment deepens. Finally he looks to the prophets and priests and discovers :
An astonishing and horrible thing
Has been committed in the land:
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
Jeremiah 5:30&31 NKJV
The prophets, the people who should be speaking the truth of God, are making it up! Saying what the people want to hear. The priests aren't looking to the law of God for direction, but instead look to themselves for authority. And the people eat it up. Why? People don't want to hear about their own sins. Tell them about someone else's sin, and they love it. They cheer for justice and fairness. Until the spotlight turns on them. It is better for prophets and priests not to speak of such things. Many today don't want to either. They'd rather speak of God's love and mercy. Forgetting that if God has shown you mercy, than he MUST have turned away wrath.
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