Daily Devotions

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 329

"But I will correct you in justice"

Text: Jeremiah 30:11

GOD’S PLAN OF RESTORATION II

There were important lessons for Israel to learn. The LORD had to correct the nation for all the wickedness it had exhibited. Divine justice demands some punitive action to be taken against the nation.

“‘For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you;
Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.'”
Jeremiah 30:11

1. “‘For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you'”

a) This was God’s plan for the future Israel.

b) He will save them.

c) He will be with them.

2. “Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you”

a) Israel had been scattered among the nations.

b) They had suffered much under these mighty nations.

c) But God would make a full end of these nations!

d) These mighty empires would be no more!

3. “Yet I will not make a complete end of you”

a) Israel had lost its homeland.

b) But that is not a complete end.

c) He will bring them back to their own country.

4. “But I will correct you in justice”

a) God has to correct Israel.

b) Justice must be upheld.

c) God has to chastise Israel for its many sins.

5. “And will not let you go altogether unpunished”

a) He cannot let them go unpunished.

b) They will have to be in captivity for 70 years.

c) They must endure hardship and persevere in hope.