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Jeremiah 49 Commentary
by Brad Boyles
Next up – The Ammonites. The people are different but the message is the same. It’s pride again. These people have ignored God and His commands and they’ve decided that they want to serve themselves. They mock God with their attitudes and actions. They think they are above Him and they don’t need him.
This is so true with us today. When we fall into the cycle of self-reliance and pride, what can change our minds? God will let us go until we feel the pain of our attitude and decisions. God would sift through them as He had so many other times, and bring the small remnant back to be restored. But those who oppose Him will be crushed.
Following the Ammonites would be the judgment of Edom. It’s interesting to consider the two things that Edom elevated most in their culture would be the two things the Lord would crush. It was their wisdom and their fortresses.
This is what the LORD Almighty said about Edom: “Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?
Jeremiah 49:7 GNB
I wonder, what would these things be today? Entertainment? Wealth? Being a “good person”? The fact is that when these things take center stage above God they set the table to be destroyed. God will not share His companionship with another. The question becomes, are we all in or not?