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"Gather up your wares from the land"

Text: Jeremiah 10:17

THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE PEOPLE

Despite all that God had said to the children of Judah through the prophets, the inhabitants of the land were quite indifferent. They went about their life as if everything was normal.

“Gather up your wares from the land,
O inhabitant of the fortress!
For thus says the LORD:
‘Behold, I will throw out at this time
The inhabitants of the land,
And will distress them,
That they may find it so.'”
Jeremiah 10:17-18

1. “Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress”

a) The inhabitants of the land

i) The children of Judah.

ii) People from outside Israel who had become “inhabitants”.

iii) They were like citizens of the country.

b) The wares

i) These were commercial goods people bought and sold.

ii) The marketplace was teeming with people.

iii) People were trading with each other as if there was no threat of war.

c) The word to the inhabitants

i) It would be wise to pack up their wares.

ii) If they stayed on, they may see their wares destroyed.

2. “For thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will throw out at this time the inhabitants of the land, and will distress them, that they may find it so'”

a) This is what the LORD would do.

b) He would throw out all the inhabitants of the land:

i) The children of Judah.

ii) The Gentiles in their midst.

c) He would bring about distress.

i) Distress that would come with war.

ii) The inhabitants would find that God’s word would come to pass.